Dunholme

Dunholme

Church of St Chad, Dunholme
Dunholme
 Dunholme shown within Lincolnshire
Population 2,054 (2011)
OS grid referenceTF023792
   – London 125 mi (201 km)  S
DistrictWest Lindsey
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Lincoln
Postcode district LN2
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentGainsborough
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Coordinates: 53°18′03″N 0°27′59″W / 53.300758°N 0.466284°W / 53.300758; -0.466284

Dunholme is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A46 road, and 5 miles (8 km) north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln.

According to the 2001 census the village had a population of 1,681, increasing to 2,054 at the 2011 census.[1]

Dunholme has a post office and village shop, and St Chad's CE Primary School on Ryland Road.

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Chad, and is a Grade I listed building, built in Early English style.[2] It contains a kneeling effigy to Robert Grantham (died 1616), and was restored in 1856 and 1892.[3]

RAF Dunholme Lodge airfield was used by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. It closed in 1964 and little remains, although the William Farr School was built on it.

References

  1. ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "St Chad, Dunholme (349563)". PastScape. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 119; Methuen & Co. Ltd
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