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East Keal

Civil parishes in LincolnshireEast Lindsey DistrictUse British English from October 2014Villages in Lincolnshire
St Helen, East Keal geograph.org.uk 430623
St Helen, East Keal geograph.org.uk 430623

East Keal is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 13 miles (21 km) north from the town of Boston, 2 miles (3 km) south from the town of Spilsby, and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. East Keal church is dedicated to Saint Helen, dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and is built in Early English and Perpendicular styles. It was extensively rebuilt in 1853–54 by Stephen Lewin but retains many of its original features. It is a Grade II* listed building. Edmund de Grimsby, later a prominent judge and Crown official, was parish priest here in the 1320s. East Keal CE School was built as a parochial school in 1848. It reopened in 1874 as the East Keal National School, became a Junior School in 1950, and closed in 1968.The small village of Keal Cotes lies on the border of East Keal and West Keal. The East Keal brickworks site was partially excavated by the archaeologist and folklorist Ethel Rudkin.

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Toynton All Saints
Toynton All Saints

Toynton All Saints is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the town of Spilsby. Toynton All Saints, and its neighbours, the village of Toynton St Peter and the hamlet of Toynton Fen Side, which lies directly south of Toynton All Saints, are listed three times in Domesday Book of 1086, jointly as "Toantun" so it is not possible to distinguish which entry referred to which place. As a whole, "Toantun" consisted of 78 households and had a church.A medieval pottery kiln and clay pits were recorded during excavations at The Roses, a field in Toynton All Saints, during the 1950s. The kiln was archaeomagnetically dated from 1275 to 1300. Jugs, tiles, water pipes and varieties of domestic pots were found.The parish church is Grade II listed and dedicated to All Saints. It dates from the 18th century and built of red brick, with late 19th-century alterations. The octagonal font is 14th-century with a 19th-century restored base.A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1860, extended in 1939 and again in 2001.A tower windmill was built in the early 19th century, and is Grade II listed. It was converted to a house and extended in the 20th century.A rectory, built in 1872, was owned by The Bishop of Lincoln.Toynton All Saints has a primary school.The village was the home of folklorist, Ethel Rudkin, in the latter part of her life. Rudkin was a collector, as well as an archaeologist and writer, her most notable work is the book Lincolnshire Folklore.