Haddington, Lincolnshire

Aubourn with Haddington or Aubourn and Haddington is a civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 460.The parish includes the villages of Aubourn and Haddington. The two villages are on opposite banks of the River Witham. The parish was formed when the parish of Aubourn Haddington and South Hykeham was dissolved in 1991 to become two separate parishes: Aubourn with Haddington, and South Hykeham.

Aubourn ("Stream where the Alders grow") is a small village in the civil parish of Aubourn with Haddington, in the North Kesteven district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is just east of the A46, in between Lincoln and Newark-on-Trent. It has a one-way system that is unusual for a small countryside village, and a public house called 'The Royal Oak'. In 1921 the parish had a population of 212. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Aubourn, Haddington and South Hykeham".

Thurlby is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of the city of Lincoln and about 9 miles (14 km) north-east of the town of Newark-on-Trent. It is most notable for Thurlby Hall, home of the Bromhead baronets. The population is included in the civil parish of Witham St Hughs. Thurlby is mentioned in Domesday Book – in 1086 the village consisted of 22 households. The parish church is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Germain and dating from the 11th century, with a 13th-century west tower. It was much restored in the 19th century, and has a porch over a Norman doorway and a 15th-century font. In the churchyard is a medieval churchyard cross which is believed to stand in its original position west of the tower. It is believed to have been restored in 1842 and is a scheduled monument.Thurlby Hall is a Grade II listed small country house dating from the early 18th century. The house was the home of the Bromhead baronets. Major Sir Edmund Gonville Bromhead (1791–1870) 3rd Baronet, was the father of Gonville Bromhead who won the Victoria Cross at the 1879 battle of Rorke's Drift in the Zulu War. Gonville Bromhead's older brother Benjamin Parnell Bromhead succeeded their father as 4th Baronet.

Aubourn Haddington and South Hykeham was a former civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 885.The parish included the villages of Aubourn, Haddington and South Hykeham. The A46 (the old Fosse Way) formed the north-western border of the parish. The composite parish was formed on 1 April 1931 from the separate parishes of Aubourn, Haddington, and South Hykeham and dissolved in 1991 to become two separate parishes: Aubourn and Haddington and South Hykeham.The dissolution order seems not to have been propagated thoroughly: GIS based national databases still use Aubourn Haddington and South Hykeham as though it is a current parish. Examples include the 2001 census and English Heritage's Pastscape database.

Thorpe on the Hill is a small village and civil parish in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.

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. 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.The church of St. Michael and All Angels was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. 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.Bassingham has two public houses, the Five Bells and the Bugle Horn, a primary school, and a Methodist chapel.

Whisby Moor is a small moor situated close to the A46 road, west of North Hykeham, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

South Hykeham 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 835. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-west from the city and county town of Lincoln, and on the A1434 road. Since 1931, South Hykeham formed part of the civil parish of Aubourn Haddington and South Hykeham, but this relationship was broken in 1991 and South Hykeham is again a civil parish.South Hykeham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, in which it is described as "Hichum", with 14 households and two fisheries.The Grade II* listed parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael and dates from the 13th century, although it was restored and added to by Drury and Mortimer in 1869.South Hykeham Community Primary School was built in 1869 as a National school.

Thorpe on the Hill railway station was a station serving the village of Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire, England.

Witham St Hughs is a village in the Parish of Thurlby in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Thurlby) was 2,356 at the 2011 census. It is situated less than 0.54 miles (0.9 km) south from the A46 road, geographically 8 miles (13 km) south-west from the city of Lincoln, and 7 miles (11 km) north-east from the town of Newark-on-Trent.Witham St Hughs has a primary school and community hall.Businesses in Witham St Hughs include UK Mail, Limagrain, Germinal and Cargill. Frontier Agriculture, the UK's largest grain marketing business has its head office in Witham St Hughs. There is a nursery in the precinct, a Co-op, a beauty & hair salon and two takeaway restaurants. There are infrequent bus services to Lincoln and Newark.

Royal Air Force Swinderby or more simply RAF Swinderby is a former Royal Air Force station airfield opened in 1940, one of the last of the stations completed under the RAF's expansion plans started in the 1930s. It was built near the village of Swinderby, Lincolnshire just off the south east side of the A46 (the Fosse Way) between Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The station closed on 17 December 1993.

Whisby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Doddington and Whisby, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west from Lincoln city centre, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south from Doddington, and 2 miles (3.2 km) north from the A46 road. The name 'Whisby' means 'farm/settlement of Hvit'.Between Whisby and Thorpe on the Hill, 3 miles (5 km) to the south, is Whisby Moor, which includes a nature park run by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Whisby also has a garden centre. In 2011 the A46 road underwent reconstruction just outside Whisby. This included the building of a roundabout on the road which leads into the village.The Nottingham–Lincoln line passes 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the south of the village on Station Road, at a level crossing next to the Railway Inn.