Moortown, Lincolnshire

See also Moortown, County Tyrone (Northern Ireland) and Moortown, Leeds.

Coordinates: 53°28′43″N 0°23′13″W / 53.4785950°N 0.3869999°W / 53.4785950; -0.3869999

Moortown
Moortown
Moortown  Moortown shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF071991
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	LN7 6
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Moortown is a hamlet within the civil parish of South Kelsey in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the B1205 between the A15 and Caistor.

Location

Moortown is situated approximately five miles from the market town of Caistor, seven miles from Brigg and 15 miles from Grimsby

Transport links

Over the years Moortown has had pretty poor transport links. In years gone by there was a Victorian railway station (opposite the Skipworth Arms pub) from which trains to the city of Lincoln or fishing town of Grimsby could be caught. The irregular and limited public transport means that residents generally depend on their own means of travel.

Day	Departure Time	Destination
Monday	11.03am	Tesco Store (Brigg)
Wednesday	11.03am	Tesco Store (Brigg)
Thursday	9.53am	Morrisons Store (Scunthorpe via Brigg)
Thursday	9.58am	Brigg
Friday	11.03am	Tesco Store (Brigg)

Village Amenities

Moortown does not possess a village shop, a school or any other typical village feature. However there is a pub (The Skipworth Arms) a campsite, telephone box, bus shelter and a letterbox.

The nearest Primary school is situated in North Kelsey and the nearest secondary schools are in Caistor.

The Golden Jubilee

In the year 2002 a residents committee decided to mark the event with special celebrations. As part of this, fundraising was set up to provide family entertainments/sports events with prizes in the daytime and a hog roast/ceilidh in the evening on the Jubilee Day itself free to all village residents. It was also decided by the residents of the village to erect a permanent memorial to mark the Golden Jubilee. This final decision (made by the residents of the village via a questionnaire distributed to all households) was that a decorative village name sign would be erected and the most appropriate location was decided to be at the crossroads next to the existing Silver Jubilee bench. This was designed, made and erected by residents of the village with the help of skilled local craftsmen. Funding was not sufficient to pay for both the materials and the carver/artist and so committee members/residents provided the post/ base materials / perspex and brass plaque / labour etc at their own expense to ensure that the project was successful. The brass plaque was added to the base to show that this was erected to commemorate the Golden Jubilee.

External links

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