Uffington, Lincolnshire
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Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the valley of the River Welland
River Welland
The River Welland is a river in the east of England, some long. It rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market Harborough, Stamford and Spalding, to reach The Wash near Fosdyke. For much of its length it forms the county boundary between...
, between Stamford
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a town and civil parish within the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately to the north of London, on the east side of the A1 road to York and Edinburgh and on the River Welland...
and The Deepings
The Deepings
The Deepings is a collective term used to describe adjoining villages near the River Welland, 8 miles to the north of Peterborough and 10 miles or so east of Stamford in England. The area is just north of the Peterborough border in the Lincolnshire fens...
, in the South Kesteven
South Kesteven
South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Grantham, Stamford, Bourne and Market Deeping.-History:...
district of the English county of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
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Geography
The village lies two miles east of StamfordStamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a town and civil parish within the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately to the north of London, on the east side of the A1 road to York and Edinburgh and on the River Welland...
on the A16 where the low Jurassic
Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Mya to Mya, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic era, also known as the age of reptiles. The start of the period is marked by...
clay
Clay
Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...
and cornbrash ridge
Cornbrash
In geology, Cornbrash was the name applied to the uppermost member of the Bathonian stage of the Jurassic formation in England. It is an old English agricultural name applied in Wiltshire to a variety of loose rubble or brash which, in that part of the country, forms a good soil for growing corn...
on which it stands lies thirty metres or so above the level of The Fens
The Fens
The Fens, also known as the , are a naturally marshy region in eastern England. Most of the fens were drained several centuries ago, resulting in a flat, damp, low-lying agricultural region....
. Uffington Park, the grounds of a country house demolished by fire in 1904, lies between the village and the river. Subsidiary buildings of Uffington House remain.
History
Until 1961 the village was served by Uffington and Barnack railway stationUffington and Barnack railway station
Uffington and Barnack was a railway station in Cambridgeshire serving the villages of Uffington, Barnack and Bainton.-History:The station was on the Midland Railway's Syston and Peterborough Railway from Peterborough to Leicester and was situated to the east of a the level crossing on the road...
. Today, the village is served by Delaine
Delaine Buses
Delaine Buses is a bus operator based in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. They operate many East Lancashire Coachbuilders buses including the first ever Olympus.-Current Bus Services:See company timetable...
buses on the Stamford
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a town and civil parish within the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately to the north of London, on the east side of the A1 road to York and Edinburgh and on the River Welland...
to Market Deeping
Market Deeping
Market Deeping is a market town in Lincolnshire, England, on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road.-Geography:It is the second largest of The Deepings and its eponymous market has been held since at least 1220. The river here forms the Lincolnshire/Cambridgeshire border with...
route. The parish church is dedicated to St Michael & All Angels. In the Uffington Group of churches are Tallington
Tallington
Tallington is a small village of around 200 houses, situated four miles east of Stamford in South Kesteven, on the southern edge of Lincolnshire, next to the borough of Peterborough.-Geography:...
, Barholm
Barholm
Barholm is a village in Lincolnshire, England. It is off the A15 road, eight miles south-west of Bourne.It is first recorded as Bercham in 1086; the name is from Old English beorg + hām or hamm and means 'homestead or enclosure on a hill.'...
, West Deeping
West Deeping
West Deeping is a village in Lincolnshire, England that forms part of The Deepings, lying just off the A16 road towards Stamford to the west of Market Deeping, hence its name West Deeping. It has a population of 277. It is a Civil Parish in South Kesteven....
and Greatford
Greatford
Greatford is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies west of the A15, north-east of Stamford, and south of Bourne...
. On the west side of the village is an Asian Fusion Restaurant and the Ye Olde Bertie Arms on Bertie Lane, is on the Market Deeping
Market Deeping
Market Deeping is a market town in Lincolnshire, England, on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road.-Geography:It is the second largest of The Deepings and its eponymous market has been held since at least 1220. The river here forms the Lincolnshire/Cambridgeshire border with...
end of the village. For the last 10 years the village has held a Scarecrow Adventure trail where visitors can join in the early May Bank holiday festivities and search for scarecrows all round the village.
Lost village
To the north-east is Casewick Hall. This is the location of a Deserted Medieval VillageDeserted medieval village
In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the convention is to regard the site as deserted; if there are more...
known as Casuic in the Domesday survey, and as Casewickin a tax list of 1334. By 1816 only Casewick Hall and one other house survived.