Burwell, Lincolnshire

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.296985|0.031046|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = Lincolnshire

| official_name = Burwell

| static_image_name = Burwell Butter Cross - geograph.org.uk - 428318.jpg

| static_image_caption = Burwell Buttercross

| static_image_2_name = St. Michael's, Burwell, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 52305.jpg

| static_image_2_caption = The redundant church of St Michael

| population = 214

| population_ref = (Including Maidenwell, Muckton and Ruckland. 2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121506&c=LN9+6LU&d=16&e=62&g=6446034&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440078447600&enc=1|title=Parish population 2015|access-date=20 August 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

| shire_district = East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = Louth and Horncastle

| civil_parish =

| post_town = Louth

| postcode_district = LN11

| postcode_area = LN

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = TF354797

| london_distance_mi = 125

| london_direction = S

}}

Burwell is a small village and Civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.{{cite web|title=Parish council details|url=http://www.eldc.gov.uk/committee/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=252&LS=1|publisher=East Lindsey district council|access-date=14 July 2013}} It is situated on the A16 road, and north from Spilsby. The village covers approximately {{convert|2200|acre|km2|lk=in}}.

History

Now a village, Burwell was a medieval market town.Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 88 ,89; Methuen & Co. Ltd. Cropmarks indicated the extent of the settlement.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=1050558|mname=Burwell|access-date=14 July 2013}}

Burwell Priory, which once stood here, was a Benedictine monastery founded at some point before 1110 by Ansgot of Burwell.{{cite book|chapter=Alien houses: The priory of Burwell |title=A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 |date= 1 January 1906|pages=238–239 |editor1-first=William |editor1-last=Page |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38078&strquery=burwell|series=Victoria County History |isbn=9780712910453 |access-date=18 January 2016}} It was an alien priory belonging to Grande-Sauve Abbey{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/The-English-Possessions-of-the-Abbey-of-Sauve-Majeure---Burwell-Priory/901535.record?pt=S|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=24 May 2011}} in Aquitaine. It was dissolved in 1427 and sold to the college of Tattershall,{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Site-of-Benedictine-priory--Burwell/228995.record?pt=S|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=24 May 2011}} along with its chapels at Authorpe, Carlton, Muckton, and Walmgate, and other lands around Burwell.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=354216|mname=Burwell Priory|access-date=14 July 2013}}

The manor house, Burwell Hall, was in Burwell Park, and was built in 1760 for Matthew Lister. It was demolished in 1958, and only the stables remain.{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Site-of-Burwell-Hall/228997.record?pt=S|work=Site of Burwell Hall|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=24 May 2011}} The manor itself was previously held by Henry Percy, Duke of Northumberland; John, Duke of Bedford; Ralf, Lord Treasurer Cromwell; and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=893252|mname=post Medieval garden associated with Burwell Hall|access-date=14 July 2013}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=1043762|mname=post Medieval boundary and haha associated with Burwell Hall|access-date=14 July 2013}}

The parish church of Saint Michael, became redundant on 13 May 1981 and was taken over by the Redundant Churches Fund (now The Churches Conservation Trust) on 27 October 1982. It is Grade I listed.{{NHLE|num=1063684|desc=Church of St Michael|grade=I|access-date=24 May 2011}} The village also had chapels of the Wesleyan Methodists and United Reformed churches, which merged in 1988 making the Wesleyan building redundant.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=1489497|mname=Weslyan chapel|access-date=14 July 2013}} The combined church has since closed.

Burwell District Council School was built in 1825 as a National School. It closed in December 1941 with only eleven children on the roll.{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/BURWELL-DISTRICT-COUNCIL-SCHOOL/825237.record?pt=S|work=Burwell District Council School|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=24 May 2011}}

Community

File:The Stags Head - geograph.org.uk - 428319.jpg

The No. 8 bus service operated by Hunts coaches connects Burwell to Alford and Louth on a Wednesday{{cite web|title=Hunts coaches |url=http://www.hunts-coaches.co.uk/drupal/ |access-date=14 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705174125/http://www.hunts-coaches.co.uk/drupal/ |archive-date=5 July 2013 }}

Burwell buttercross was converted into a dovecote and is now the village hall. Dating from the beginning of the seventeenth century with later alterations,{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Butter-Cross--Burwell/228992.record?pt=S|work=Burwell Butter Cross|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=23 May 2011}} it is a Grade II listed building.

The village is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Legbourne, based at All Saints church in Legbourne.

There is one public house in the village, the Stags Head which is now closed down.

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Burwell, Lincolnshire}}
[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Burwell/ Burwell], Genuki.org.uk

Category:Villages in Lincolnshire

Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire

Category:East Lindsey District