Gedney, Lincolnshire

Gedney, Lincolnshire

Gedney is one of a group of small villages south of Boston, Lincolnshire, straddling the A17 Boston to King's Lynn road, bearing the name 'Gedney'; the others are Gedney Drove End, Gedney Dyke, Gedney Dawsmere, Gedney Hill and Gedney Broadgate.

Geography

The parishes of Gedney lie on reclaimed fenland, making it one of the most intensive growing areas in the UK. A mile to the west is Fleet Hargate and two miles to the south-east is Long Sutton.

History

A hospital for five paupers, (St Thomas Martyr), was founded at Gedney, date unknown, and served from North Creake. It was dissolved around 1339.

Amenities

There is the " [http://www.diningpubs.co.uk/pub_details.asp?id=363 Chequers] " pub on " [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/539095 Main Street] " in [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/602787 Gedney Dyke] (north of the A17 along the B1387). There is the " [http://www.pub-explorer.com/lincs/pub/oldblackliongedney.htm Old Black Lion] " [http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Gedney/imageDetail.asp?id=54547 pub] on "Chapelgate". The village church is dedicated to [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/28552 St Mary Magdalene] , and is known as the " [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4486 Cathedral] of the Fens". There is an old railway station on the [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/619877 former] east-west Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.


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The medieval church of St Mary Magdalene at Gedney in Lincolnshire, had 29 windows smashed in 2006, including a 14th-century Jesse window, vestments and an altar cloth were set alight but luckily the fire did not take hold. A 15-year-old and a 16-year-old were interviewed by police and admitted causing the damage.

External links

* [http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/gedney Parish Council]
* [http://www.churchend.lincs.sch.uk Gedney Church End primary school]
* Location maps for: mmukscaled|TF465292|100|Gedney Drove End, mmukscaled|TF412261|100|Gedney Dyke, mmukscaled|TF400241|100|Gedney, mmukscaled|TF401218|100|Gedney Broadgate and gbmaprim|TF338113|Gedney Hill (note the contour lines!)
* [http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/poemsbycameronself/Gedney%20Drove%20End.html Gedney Drove End - poem by Cameron Self]


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