Skidbrooke also called Skidbrooke cum Saltfleet is a Hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 which together with the hamlet of Saltfleet Haven forms the civil parish

Civil parish

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 of Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven in the East Lindsey

East Lindsey

East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

 district of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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, England, about 10 miles (16.1 km) north of the town of Alford

Alford, Lincolnshire

- Notable residents :* Captain John Smith who lived in nearby Willoughby* Anne Hutchinson, pioneer settler and religious reformer in the United States* Thomas Paine, who was an excise officer in the town....

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Skidbrooke was mentioned in Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 of 1086 when it consisted of 33 households.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Botolph

Saint Botolph

Botwulf of Thorney was an English abbot and saint. He is the patron saint of travellers and the various aspects of farming...

. Now closed it is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust

Churches Conservation Trust

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There is a grade II listed limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 pump in the village, which is a memorial to Frederick Allen Freshney of South Somercotes, who died in May, 1906, from wounds received in the South African War.

"The New Inn" is a grade II listed red brick public house

Public house

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 dating from the 17th century, with 18th and 19th century additions.

The Manor House, which dates from about 1673 with 19th century additions is a grade II listed red brick house.

Skidbrooke grade II listed tower windmill

Windmill

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dates from about 1770. It originally had three pairs of stones. In the late 1890s it was rebuilt gaining extra storeys, a new cap and fantail and four patent sails. It continued to work until about 1951.