Sixhills

Sixhills
Church of All Saints, Sixhills
Sixhills Sixhills shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF170869
– London	135 mi (217 km) S
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Rasen
Postcode district	LN8
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Sixhills is a village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east from Market Rasen. It lies just south of the A631 between Market Rasen and Ludford. The population is included in the civil parish of North Willingham.

The Church of All Saints was designed by James Fowler (1869 and 1875).^[1]

The village was the site of a former nunnery of the Gilbertine Order, founded in the twelfth century.^[2] At the behest of Edward I Gwladys ferch Dafydd was sent there until her death in 1336.^[3]

References

↑ "Church of All Saints", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 12 August 2011
↑ Page, W (editor) (1906). "Houses of the Gilbertine order: The priory of Sixhills, A History of the County of Lincoln". pp. 194–195. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
↑ Princes of Gwynedd, princesofgwynedd.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.

Ceremonial county of Lincolnshire

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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