Saltfleet

Saltfleet

Saltfleet Mill
Saltfleet
Saltfleet shown within Lincolnshire
Population 543 (2011)
OS grid reference TF453939
• London 135 mi (217 km) S
Civil parish
  • Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Louth
Postcode district LN11 7
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Saltfleet is a coastal village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles (12.9 km) north from Mablethorpe and 11 miles (17.7 km) east from Louth.

The village is part of the civil parish of Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven, which had a population of 523 at the 2001 Census,[1] increasing to 543 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Saltfleet is set in countryside. It has a village store with adjoining cafe, a petrol station, a seasonal fish and chip shop, and three caravan sites.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south west to Little Carlton with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,066.[3]

Landmarks

Saltfleet Manor House c.1900
Memorial village pump

The parish church is a Grade I listed building, dedicated to Saint Botolph, dating from the 13th century. The font is 13th-century. There is a gravestone to a rector of the parish, who died in 1413, set in the chancel floor. The church is now redundant.[4]

Saltfleet has a Grade II listed 19th-century windmill.[5] There are two public houses; the New Inn is a Grade II listed building, dating from the 17th century,[6] and The Crown Inn, which is over 200 years old.

Opposite the New Inn is the Manor House, built in 1673, a date referred to inscribed against the names of Robert Fox and Jane Hardy in a first floor room.[7] Lincolnshire Life magazine published articles on the Manor House: in February 2008 in its Homes and Gardens page; in May 1970; and during the 1960s when it mentioned former occupants including the 1670s owner, Lord Willoughby, a friend of Oliver Cromwell.

Adjacent to the Manor House is a red brick Methodist chapel dating from 1815.[8]

A listed limestone village pump was erected in 1899 in memory of F. A. Freshney who died from wounds inflicted while fighting in South Africa.[9]

Nearby is Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "St Botolphs church (1165864)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Saltfleet Windmill (1165939)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "The New Inn, Saltfleet (1359992)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "The Manor House, Saltfleet (1063062)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  8. ↑ Historic England. "Methodist chapel (1165896)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Village Pump (1165914)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes Nature Reserve". Natural England. Natural England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
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