Winceby is a village

Village

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 in the civil parish

Civil parish

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 of Lusby with Winceby in the East Lindsey

East Lindsey

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 district of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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, England, located in the Wolds

Lincolnshire Wolds

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, about 5 miles (8 km) from Horncastle and the same from Spilsby

Spilsby

Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in Lincolnshire. England. The town is situated adjacent to the main A16 Trunk Road at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds north of the Fenlands, east of the county town of Lincoln, north east of Boston and north west from Skegness.The town has...

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The village is notable for the (Civil War

English Civil War

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) Battle of Winceby

Battle of Winceby

The Battle of Winceby took place on 11 October 1643 during the English Civil War near the village of Winceby, Lincolnshire about 4 miles east of Horncastle.-Prelude:...

, which took place in 1643, when the Royalist

Cavalier

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 army was defeated by the Roundhead

Roundhead

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s at "Slash Hill".

There is a church, St. Margaret

Margaret the Virgin

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's, and a garage

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. The village is very close to the Snipe Dales nature reserve

Nature reserve

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 and country park

Park

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, owned by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

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