Gedney Hill

The name Gedney is from the Old English 'gaeda+eg', or "island of Gaeda".{{cite book |page=204 |title=Oxford dictionary of British Placenames |first1=A.D. |last1=Mills |publisher=Oxford University Press |edition=2003 |isbn=978-0-19-852758-9}}

In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted the existence of an 1859-60 built school, endowed with church lands and holding 100 pupils, agricultural production of wheat, oats, potatoes and beans, and the French Drove railway station.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 414

The French Drove and Gedney Hill railway station on the branch line between Postland and Murrow closed in 1964. The line was part of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=507009 |mname= French Drove and Gedney Hill Station|accessdate=15 March 2013 }}

Gedney Hill Golf Club, designed by Charles Britton in 1989, has a 5257-yard parkland course of 18 holes.[http://www.golftoday.co.uk/clubhouse/coursedir/lincolnshire/gedney.html "Gedney Hill Golf Club"], Golftoday.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2013

Gedney Hill Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.{{NHLE|num=1146771 |desc=Church of Holy Trinity|accessdate=11 August 2011}} Dating from the late 14th century, it was heavily restored in 1874-75 by James Fowler. The restoration included the entire rebuilding of the outer walls. The arcades are supported by octagonal oak piers, and the roof by Perpendicular-style tie-beams. The stained glass east window is by Ward and Hughes.Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 136; Methuen & Co. LtdPevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 537; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. {{ISBN|0-300-09620-8}} At the south of the churchyard, which also contains war graves of two airmen of the Second World War,[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2042004/GEDNEY%20HILL(HOLY%20TRINITY)%20CHURCHYARD CWGC ], War Graves:Cemetery Reportdetails from casualty record. is a listed 15th-century cross, restored in 1918.{{NHLE|num=1064525 |desc=Cross, approximately 4 metres to south of church|accessdate=11 August 2011}}

The ecclesiastical parish of Gedney Hill is part of the Whaplode Drove Group of the Deanery of Elloe East. The 2013 incumbent is The Revd R J Morrison.[http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?16078010 "Gedney Hill P C C"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130414010223/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?16078010 |date=14 April 2013 }}, Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 4 March 2013

Further Grade II listed buildings are Gedney Hill Mill,{{NHLE|num=1146795 |desc=Gedney Hill Mill|accessdate=11 August 2011}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=498122 |mname= Gedney Hill Mill |accessdate=15 March 2013 }} and the Red Lion public house.{{NHLE|num=1359240 |desc=The Red Lion Public House|accessdate=11 August 2011}}

Gedney Hill CE primary school is a Voluntary controlled Church of England school. The current (2013) Headteacher is Mrs A Buddle. The school's 2010 Ofsted inspection found it to be Grade 2 (Good) for "overall effectiveness".[http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/120548 "The Gedney Hill Church of England VC Primary School"], Ofsted report, November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2011 The 2010 Diocese report stated that the school was "good" in its distinctiveness and effectiveness, leadership and management, and at meeting the needs of learners, with strengths in spiritual development and collective worship.{{cite web |url=http://www.churchofengland.org/pdf/schoolreports/2010_2011/Gedney%20Hill_01.12.10_120548.pdf |title=Statutory Inspection of Anglican Schools – report on school |publisher=National Society for Promoting Religious Education |accessdate=10 February 2013}}[http://www.churchofengland.org/education/national-society.aspx National Society for Promoting Religious Education]

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• [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/GedneyHill/ "GedneyHill"], Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2013
• [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=12308 "Gedney Hill Lincolnshire"], A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 June 2013
• [http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/GedneyHillMemorial.html "Gedney Hill and District Memorial Hall"], Roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 24 June 2013
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090413022959/http://gedney-hill.lincs.sch.uk/ Gedney C.E. Primary School]. Retrieved 24 June 2013

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