Conisholme
{{Short description|Settlement and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place|
| country = England
| static_image = St Peter's, Conisholme - geograph.org.uk - 3727970.jpg
| static_image_caption = St Peter's, Conisholme
| coordinates = {{coord|53.43|0.10|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Conisholme
| population = 87
| shire_district = East Lindsey
| shire_county = Lincolnshire
| region = East Midlands
| constituency_westminster = Louth and Horncastle
| post_town = LOUTH
| postcode_district = LN11
| postcode_area = LN
| dial_code = 01507
| os_grid_reference = TF402955
| london_distance_mi = 135
| london_direction = SSW
}}
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Conisholme is a small settlement and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the Cleethorpes to Mablethorpe A1031 road, and {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} north-east from Louth. The population is included in the civil parish of Grainthorpe.
Community
Conisholme is approximately {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} from the Lincolnshire coast. The parish covers an area of {{convert|1240|acre|km2}}, but only a small amount is taken up by the A1031 road – from Ludney to the west to halfway between the village and Braygate Bridge, to the north-east. The major village of North Somercotes is to the east. The parish mostly extends south-west across Conisholme Fen towards the Louth Canal and North Cockerington.
The county council Louth Marsh and district council North Somercotes wards are both Conservative, and represented by Robert Palmer who is also the Chairman of East Lindsey District Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/azCouncillorsDetails.asp?id=432|title=County Councillors Detail|website=Lincolnshire County Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807160200/http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/AZCouncillorsDetails.aspx?search_councillor=432|archive-date=7 August 2011}}
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.{{cite web|last1=Croft|first1=Richard|title=St.Peter's church, Conisholme |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/432136|website=Geograph|date=12 May 2007}} It is in the North Somercotes group of churches, with Grainthorpe.
=Wind turbines=
The wind turbines{{cite web|url=http://www.enercon.de/www/en/e40.nsf/mainView/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415192142/http://www.enercon.de/www/en/e40.nsf/mainView/1|title=E-48 wind turbine|website=Enercon.de|archive-date=15 April 2008}} at Fen Farm on Conisholme Fen,{{cite web|last1=Croft|first1=Richard|title=Conisholme Fen Wind Farm |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1054274|website=Geograph|date=21 November 2008}} south-west of the village, have the capacity to supply 24% of electricity needs in East Lindsey,{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} Each turbine has a hub height of between {{convert|165|and|252|ft|m|0}}, a rotor diameter of {{convert|157|ft|m|0}}, an overall height of {{convert|292|ft|m|0}}, and produces 800kWe. The farm, operated by Ecotricity, produces enough energy for 13,000 homes.{{cite web|title=Fen Farm, Lincolnshire: Our biggest wind park yet|url=http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/wind-parks/fen-farm-lincolnshire|website=Ecotricity|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803200152/http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/wind-parks/fen-farm-lincolnshire|archive-date=3 August 2008}}
The turbines were designed by architect Norman Foster{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} and built by Enercon. Construction began in December 2007,{{cite web|last1=Stanbridge|first1=John|title=Fen Farm Windfarm |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/627812|website=Geograph}} and was finished on 17 April 2008.{{cite web|last1=Croft|first1=Richard |title=Austen Fen|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/677069|website=Geograph}}
During the early hours of 4 January 2009, one of the twenty wind turbines was damaged. The story received coverage on the BBC News.{{cite news|title=UFO claim over wind farm damage|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/7817378.stm|website=BBC News|date=8 January 2009|accessdate=30 October 2021}} Ecotricity, after its preliminary examination and before forensic results, stated that UFOs were "at the bottom of its probability list for the cause", and they were considering that the turbine may have suffered from a lightning strike, collision, metal fatigue, or design, material or maintenance failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/mablethorpe/news/Ecotricity-claim-UFO-probability-list-Conisholme-wind-turbine-mystery/article-620892-detail/article.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919182525/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/mablethorpe/news/Ecotricity-claim-UFO-probability-list-Conisholme-wind-turbine-mystery/article-620892-detail/article.html|title=Ecotricity claim UFO is 'bottom of probability list' for Conisholme wind turbine mystery|website=This is Lincolnshire|date=16 January 2009|archive-date=19 September 2012}}
References
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External links
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Category:Villages in Lincolnshire
Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
Category:UFO sightings in England