Binbrook

Binbrook is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1203 road, and 8 miles (13 km) north-east from Market Rasen.

See also: Binbrook, Ontario

Binbrook
Church of St Mary and St Gabriel, Binbrook
Binbrook is located in Lincolnshire
Binbrook
Binbrook
Location within Lincolnshire
Population892 (2011)
OS grid referenceTF210940
• London130 mi (210 km) s
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarket Rasen
Postcode districtLN8
Dialling code01472
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Previously a larger market town,[1] it now has a population of about 700, rising to 892 at the Census 2011.[2]

It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Binnibroc.[3]

Binbrook Grade II listed[4] Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary and St Gabriel. There were two village churches, St Mary and St Gabriel, since disappeared. St Gabriel's was already in ruins in 1822 while St Mary's was demolished in 1867.[5] A new church with joint dedication was built in 1869 by James Fowler.[1][6] In 1988 a new stained glass window was gifted to the church to commemorate the RAF presence from 1940 to 1988. [5]

Binbrook was the birthplace of the traditional singer Joseph Taylor, one of the Lincolnshire singers recorded by Percy Grainger.

Binbrook is close to the site of Binbrook Airfield, originally opened as RAF Binbrook; the airfield housing is now the new village of Brookenby.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south east to Fotherby with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,831.[7]

Orford

To the north is the site of the lost medieval village of Orford.[8] Orford was the site of a priory of Premonstratensian nuns. The priory was founded around 1170 by Ralf d'Albini of the Anglo-Norman baronial house of Mowbray, and was endowed with the church at Wragby. At the time of suppression in 1539 it held a prioress and 7 nuns.[1]

References
  1. Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 64-65; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  2. "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. "Binbrook | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  4. Historic England. "Church of St Mary and St Gabriel (1063134)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  5. The Lincolnshire Village Book (reprint 1994 ed.). Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. 1990. p. 19. ISBN 1 85306 077 1.
  6. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 191; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
  7. "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics – Area: Binbrook (Ward)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  8. Historic England (2007). "Orford (351872)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 April 2010.

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