Bassingham

Bassingham
Bassingham
	Bassingham
	Bassingham Location within Lincolnshire
Population	1,425 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK911599
• London	110 mi (180 km) S
District	North Kesteven;
Shire county	Lincolnshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LINCOLN
Postcode district	LN5
Dialling code	01522
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sleaford and North Hykeham;
	List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°07′46″N 0°38′20″W / 53.12939°N 0.63901°W

Bassingham is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,425.^[1] The village is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Lincoln.

Bassingham is situated about midway between Newark-on-Trent and Lincoln. The parish is defined by the River Witham to the west, and the River Brant to the east (across Bassingham Fen). To the south-west is Carlton-le-Moorland.

A Ham class minesweeper, HMS Bassingham, was named after the village.^[2]

The church of St. Michael and All Angels was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.^[3] The church is in the Bassingham Group of seven churches.

In 1998 the church added a seventh bell: the ship's bell from HMS Bassingham, presented by her former commander after she was decommissioned. It hangs in a mahogany bell hood in the north aisle and is rung to signal the start of Sunday worship.^{[citation needed]}

Bassingham has two public houses, the Five Bells and the Bugle Horn, a primary school, and a Methodist chapel.

References

^ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ "HMS Bassingham". The Witham Staple. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
^ "St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassingham". Withamside Churches. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

External links

Media related to Bassingham at Wikimedia Commons
Village website
Primary school
Withamside United Parish
NKDC page
Bassingham in the Domesday Book

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[1] "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

[2] "HMS Bassingham". The Witham Staple. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

[3] "St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassingham". Withamside Churches. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

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