Skellingthorpe
| Skellingthorpe | |
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 Skellingthorpe village |
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| Skellingthorpe shown within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 3,465 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK924719 |
| • London | 125 mi (201 km) S |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lincoln |
| Postcode district | LN6 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Skellingthorpe 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 3,465. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) west from Lincoln city centre, and just outside the A46 Lincoln ring road.
The village of Doddington and Doddington Hall lie 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west. Birchwood estate, built in the 1970s on the site of RAF Skellingthorpe, is 1 mile to the south-east.
A small paleolith was found in gravel at Skellingthorpe by Randall Davies and presented to the British Museum in 1922, hinting at some ancient tribe in the area. The earliest origins of the village are unknown. The area was probably marshland and woodland in the time of the Romans, and there is no evidence of any permanent settlement by the ancient Britons, although it is possible that nomadic forest or swamp dwellers occasionally passed through. Roman engineers building the canal now called the Foss Dyke would have been in the vicinity c. 120 AD. This is evidenced by the discovery of a Roman bowl in the parish, an image of which now features on the village sign. Other Roman-era discoveries have been made: a copper alloy bell was found to the east of the village in Main Drain, and thirteen coins (dated to the third or fourth century) were unearthed in 1978.
The Reverend G. S. Streathfeild suggests that Skellingthorpe itself may have originated with Danish occupiers. The earliest known spelling of the manor's name (Scheldinchope) suggests an enclosure in marsh associated with a man named Sceld. Around 1953 a blue and white ring (dated by the British Museum to c. 875 AD was found in Stoney Yard. This, together with the fact that the Danes are known to have established themselves elsewhere in Lincolnshire by the year 876, reinforced the supposition that Skellingthorpe became a settlement in the late 9th century. Assessing the matter in 1974, the Local History Group of the Skellingthorpe Evening Institute concurred with Streathfeild in their belief that the first inhabitants were a family called the Skellings, or Scheldings.
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