Cuxwold
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Cuxwold Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Nicholas.[3] The church, of 11th-century origin but with an incorporated earlier Saxon tower arch, was considerably restored and rebuilt in 1860 by James Fowler.[4][5] The restoration was carried-out under instruction from Henry Thorold, who, in the 1870s, added a monument to his family within the church.[3] Within the village is a further Grade II listed building, Cuxwold Hall, built in 1860.[6]
Cuxwold was the location of an emergency landing ground for airplanes during the Second World War and is now the home of Grimsby Airfield.[7]
References
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- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 114; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 375
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External links
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- "Cuxwold", genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2011
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