Oxcombe | |
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![]() All Saints' Church, Oxcombe | |
Location within Lincolnshire | |
OS grid reference | TF311771 |
• London | 120 mi (190 km) S |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HORNCASTLE |
Postcode district | LN9 |
Dialling code | 01507 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Oxcombe is a small village in the civil parish of Maidenwell, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) west from the A16 road, 6 miles (10 km) south from Louth and 6 miles north-east from Horncastle.
Oxcombe was previously a parish in its own right, although small; in the 1870s it comprised 27 people and 4 houses[1]
In 1931 the parish had a population of 47.[2] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Maidenwell.[3]
To the south of Oxcombe lies the parish of Worlaby and to the east, that of Ruckland.[4]
The parish name may have been derived from the Old English oxa+coomb which means ox valley.[4]
All Saints Church
[edit]Built in 1842 and attributed to the architect William Adams Nicholson of Lincoln.[5] The church is similar in style to other churches in the vicinity - Haugham, Raithby and Biscathorpe also by Nicholson. A small church, built in brick with an octagonal west tower, which also forms the porch to the church It has a two bay nave with a chancel with a three sided apse. The bell stage of the tower is an open stone lantern with cast-iron pinnacles. The interior of the church cottons a fine series of Monuments to the Grant family. The church was declared redundant in 1980 and is in the care of the Lincolnshire Old Churches Trust.
Oxcombe House
[edit]Also in the style of Nicholson. Built in 1845. Tudoresque, with mullioned and transomed windows. Buttresses crowned by turrets on either side of the porch.[5]
Literature
[edit]- Antram N (revised), Pevsner N & Harris J, (1989), The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Yale University Press.
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, John Marius; Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-72.[page needed]
- ^ "Population statistics Oxcombe CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Oxcombe CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Oxcombe (Oxcomb)"; Rootsweb Lincolnshire GenWeb Project. Retrieved 22 June 2012
- ^ a b "Antram", (1989), 598-9.