Walcott is a small village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the North Kesteven

North Kesteven

North Kesteven is a local government district in the East Midlands. Just over north of London, it is east of Nottingham and south of Lincoln. North Kesteven is one of seven districts in Lincolnshire, England and is in the centre of the County...

 district 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...

, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Billinghay

Billinghay

Billinghay is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, about ten miles north-east of Sleaford. The village lies along the B1189 road near the junction with the A153. Just south of the village towards Sleaford is North Kyme...

 and 7 miles (11.3 km) north east of the town of Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
The Gilbertine Catley Priory of St Mary was founded between 1146 and 1154; and Dissolved

Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...

 in 1538. No sign of the Priory can now be seen, but the site is scheduled.

The parish church is a grade II listed building of red brick dedicated to Saint Oswald

Saint Oswald

Saint Oswald may refer to:*Oswald of Northumbria , King of Northumbria*Oswald of Worcester , Archbishop of York...

 and built in 1852.
It was presumably named after a previous chapel at Walcott, dedicated to Saint Oswald, and given by King John to Spalding Priory

Spalding Priory

Spalding Priory was a small Benedictine house in the town of Spalding, Lincolnshire. It was founded as a cell of Croyland Abbey, in 1052, by Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife, Godiva, Countess of Leicester. It was supported by Leofric's eldest son...

, formerly stood in the centre of the village. It was pulled down around 1790.

As of 2010, Walcott has one public house

Public house

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, "The Plough", and a primary school; the school caters for Walcott children and has study links with Martin village primary school three miles away.

The countryside around Walcott is of agricultural use, with sheep farming and the growing of potato

Potato

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es being prominent.

The village can be mistaken for another Walcot in North Lincolnshire, as confusing local road signs use both spellings: Walcott and Walcot.

External links

• Walcott Weeping Ash retrieved 18 December 2010