Winceby
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village, battlefield, interesting place
Winceby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, located in the Wolds, about 5 miles from Horncastle and the same from Spilsby.
The village is notable for the (Civil War) Battle of Winceby, which took place in 1643, when the Royalist army was defeated by the Roundheads at "Slash Hill".
There is a church, St. Margaret's, and a garage. The village is very close to the Snipe Dales nature reserve and country park, owned by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/civil-war/bat...
The village is notable for the (Civil War) Battle of Winceby, which took place in 1643, when the Royalist army was defeated by the Roundheads at "Slash Hill".
There is a church, St. Margaret's, and a garage. The village is very close to the Snipe Dales nature reserve and country park, owned by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/civil-war/bat...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Winceby
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 53°11'46"N -0°1'32"E
- Tattershall 15 km
- Swineshead 28 km
- Kirton 29 km
- Sudbrooke 30 km
- Temple Bruer 35 km
- Waddington 36 km
- Welbourn 39 km
- Leadenham 41 km
- Skellingthorpe 41 km
- Saxilby 44 km
- Snipe Dales 0.9 km
- Skrivalsby Park 5.4 km
- Revesby Great Park 6.1 km
- The National Golf Center Corses 12 km
- Ostlers Plantation 12 km
- Woodhall Spa Sand and Gravel & Household waste and recycling centre 12 km
- Woodhall Spa 13 km
- Former RAF Bardney 18 km
- Car Dike Roman Canal Northern Section 26 km
- Former RAF Wickenby 26 km