Nocton

Nocton

Coordinates: 53°09′54″N 0°25′08″W / 53.165020°N 0.418838°W / 53.165020; -0.418838

Nocton
Nocton All Saints Church.jpeg
All Saints, Nocton
Nocton is located in Lincolnshire
Nocton

 Nocton shown within Lincolnshire
Population 622 (2001)
OS grid reference TF058642
District North Kesteven
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district LN4 2
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Sleaford and North Hykeham
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire
Nocton village sign on Main Street (B1202).

Nocton is a village 7 miles (11 km) south of Lincoln in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. To the east of the village is Nocton Fen, and a small area known locally as Wasps Nest.

Within the village there are All Saints' Church,[1] Village Hall, Post Office and the historic Nocton Hall. Due to a local by-law, a village pub is not allowed. The nearest pub is Dunston's Red Lion,[2] three fields to the south of Nocton along the bridle path.

In the first four decades of the 18th century, Sir Richard Ellys of Nocton formed a collection of books which eventually went to Blickling Hall in Norfolk by inheritance in the 1740s, though most of the books were in fact kept in London. They form the core of the great library of some 12,500 books, which is now in the care of the National Trust.

Nocton Estates Light Railway was constructed in 1926 and used to transfer potatoes to the railhead at Dunston; it was also used to transfer sugar beet to the factory at Bardney. The light railway rolling stock and track were originally used to move munitions and troops to the front line in World War I.

The village shared the Nocton and Dunston railway station (GNR/GER Joint) until it was closed in 1955. Trains still run on the route from Lincoln through to Sleaford but do not stop for goods or passengers at the old Nocton and Dunston station.

On 28 May 2007 the Nocton Village Trail was opened by Douglas Hogg QC MP.[3] The trail leads around the village and stops off at each of the village artworks.

Historically Nocton fell within the Langoe Wapentake area of Kesteven until the wapentakes were abolished by the Local Government Act of 1888.

References

  1. ^ All Saints' Church
  2. ^ Red Lion
  3. ^ Nocton Village Trail

External links


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