- North Kelsey
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Coordinates: 53°30′06″N 0°25′42″W / 53.5018°N 0.4283°W
North Kelsey 
All Hallows Church
North Kelsey
North Kelsey shown within LincolnshirePopulation 959 (Parish) OS grid reference TA0410 District West Lindsey Shire county Lincolnshire Region East Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town MARKET RASEN Postcode district LN7 Dialling code 01652 Police Lincolnshire Fire Lincolnshire Ambulance East Midlands EU Parliament East Midlands UK Parliament Gainsborough List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire North Kelsey is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 959. Also within the parish is the small hamlet of North Kelsey Moor, once the site of North Kelsey railway station. It is near Caistor. The former RAF Caistor is mostly within the parish, and the concrete bases of three Thor IRBM launch pads remain.
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Buildings
North Kelsey has an Anglican church, All Hallows or St. Nicholas, a Methodist chapel, a village hall, a primary school and two pubs, The Butcher's Arms and The Royal Oak. The New Mill windmill can also be seen. The post office was closed in 2008 as part of a series of closures of rural post-offices, and is now a general store and newsagents.
All Hallows Church
The church is recorded as being St Nicholas until late Victorian times, when the name changed to All Hallows. It was mainly rebuilt in 1869, and an earlier stone coffin lid can be seen in the outside wall, although the tower dates from the 13th century. It suffered minor damage in a whirlwind which hit South and North Kelsey in the 1930's.
Facing the church is the grade II listed Church Farm. The central portion of this house dates from the Elizabethan era, with later Georgian additions, including larger windows. The south wall of the house is constructed in the same manner as the church tower, and is thought to similarly date to the 13th century.
Hibaldstow Bridge
The nearby village of Hibaldstow can be reached by crossing Hibaldstow Bridge, an iron lattice girder bridge built in 1889 that spans the River Ancholme with a 10 ton weight limit. The final stretch of the road leading to the bridge from North Kelsey, known as Starham Road, is not asphalted, has many pot holes and can be dangerous during adverse weather conditions as it runs along the river embankment.
Sports
A mixed tennis league bearing the name of North Kelsey was established in 1966. The League encompasses most of the tennis clubs in North Lincolnshire including some in the North East Lincolnshire Unitary Authority area. Not all of the clubs are affiliated to the Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain, but they all are run by interested players in the many villages that take part.
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External links
Categories:- Villages in Lincolnshire
- Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
- Lincolnshire geography stubs
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