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  Alford shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 2700 |
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| Parish | Alford |
| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ALFORD |
| Postcode district | LN13 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Alford (pronounced "Olford") is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of about 2,700 people. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East Midlands is one of the Regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Lincoln postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Alford, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Mablethorpe There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Lincolnshire Police is the Home Office police force covering the Non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is the statutory Fire and Rescue service serving the county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands Region of the The East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS is the NHS ambulance service serving the East Midlands region of England. East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of places in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Alford lies at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds, 13 miles (21 km) north west of Skegness. The Lincolnshire Wolds are a range of hills in the County of Lincolnshire, England. Skegness is a seaside town and Civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
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Facilities
Shopping
Alford's main retail industry is aimed at local people with the bulk of shops being convenience related such as pharmacies, groceries, DIY and homeware. Alford has two supermarkets, the Co-operative on Church Street and David's Supermarket on West Street. The Co-operative or The Co-op is a common branding used by a variety of co-operatives based in the United Kingdom. There is the Half Moon Hotel, the White Horse Hotel and the George.
Markets
Craft markets
The town is also well known for its craft markets which have taken place every August bank holiday since the 1970s. A bank holiday is a Public holiday in the United Kingdom and also in the Republic of Ireland. The market takes place in the grounds of the manor house and includes a range of stalls selling locally crafted products and usually has some form of musical entertainment taking place in the marquee. A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism Other than the August bank holiday markets held in the manor house, a more frequent market takes place in the corn exchange every Tuesday and Friday. A bank holiday is a Public holiday in the United Kingdom and also in the Republic of Ireland. This is a much smaller, more low key version of the market but still follows the same theme.
Weekly & European markets
Market days in Alford are on Tuesdays and Fridays. The market, which varies in size and is dependent on the time of the year and the day, is however, generally very small. The main market takes place in the Market Place with usual stalls consisting of groceries and greeting cards etc. Occasionally, mostly on the Friday market, some additional clothes stalls may appear around the surrounding area of the library. A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution European markets began in Alford at Christmas 2005 and have appeared since at Easter and in the holidays with the most recent one taking place on the 25th August 2007. Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. European markets invite traders from the near continent who sell predominantly food items.
Banks
Alford has two banks; Lloyds TSB and Barclays as well as a branch of the Yorkshire Building Society. Lloyds TSB Group plc () is a leading British Financial institution with its Group Head office in London and its registered office The Yorkshire Building Society is the third largest Building society in the UK, with its headquarters in Bradford, West Yorkshire,
Education
Primary schools
- Alford Primary School on Hanby Lane.
Secondary schools
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
- John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College, secondary modern school on Hanby Lane. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Alford (QEGS is a selective, co-educational, foundation status Grammar School and Sixth Form A Secondary Modern School is a type of Secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s under the Tripartite System
The secondary modern underperforms compared to other similar schools, and in 2007 the grammar school did less well than normally, although it has had excellent results in previous years. A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries
Health
There is an NHS and private dentist located on South Street and Merton Lodge. Dentistry' is the "evaluation diagnosis prevention and/or treatment (nonsurgical surgical or related procedures of diseases disorders and/or conditions of the oral cavity The doctors' surgery is on West Street.
Industry
Located south west of the town is Beechings Way Industrial Estate. The estate is mainly commercial and contains such industries as printing companies and manufacturing firms. There is also a builders' merchants; Jewson and the Royal Mail sorting office. Jewson is the largest chain of British general builders' merchants selling to small building contractors and the general public with over 400 branches across the country Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom.
Other
A new crematorium opened on the outskirts of town in 2008. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire
Places of interest
Windmill
Alford is known for its five-sailed windmill, a 5 sailed tower mill built in 1837 by Sam Oxley, an Alford millwright. Alford Windmill (pron "Olford Windmill" in Lincolnshire is a five-sailed Windmill in Alford, Lincolnshire and the only surviving windmill out The trade of millwright is concerned with the construction and maintenance of machinery In its heyday it was capable of grinding 4 to 5 tons of corn a day. The mill worked until 1955. After two years standing idle it was restored to full working order and is still in full commercial use, producing organic flour and cereal. Flour is a powder made of Cereal grains It is the key ingredient of Bread, which is a staple food in many countries and therefore the availability It is the only windmill left in Alford; in 1932 there were three, each one with different numbers of sails (four, five and six). A windmill is a machine that is powered by the energy of the wind It is also one of several working windmills in Lincolnshire. Others in working order can be found at Lincoln, Heckington, Boston, Waltham, Kirton in Lindsey, Sibsey and Burgh le Marsh. Lincoln (ˈlɪŋkən is a Cathedral city and County town of Lincolnshire, England. Heckington is one of the largest villages in Lincolnshire. There are 1491 households in Heckington and It is located about midway between Sleaford and Boston Boston ( is a town and small Port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. Waltham is a village and Civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a small town and Civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. Sibsey is a Civil parish and village on the A16 road and B1184 in the English county of Lincolnshire Burgh le Marsh is a town to the west of Skegness in East Lindsey, England, on the Lincoln-Skegness A158.
Alford Manor House
The town is also known for its Manor House, reputedly the largest thatched manor house in the country. The Manor House is a Grade II listed building which can be found on West street within Alford Lincolnshire. The manor house is open from Tuesday to Friday and on a Sunday. In 2006 it was refurbished, thanks to national lottery funding in association with English Heritage, the refurbishment led to the installation of new interactive exhibitions and increased accessibility for disabled visitors. The National Lottery is the largest Lottery in the United Kingdom. English Heritage is a Non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government ( Department for Culture Media and Sport) with a broad remit of The manor house also has a tea room and open gardens.
Religious buildings
The main church in Alford is St. Wilfrid's located at the junction between Church Street, South Street and West Street. The church operates frequent services and holds annual events such as the flower show. Alford also has a small Methodist church. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations
Approximately four miles from Alford, in the tiny village of Markby, is the church of St. Peter's, the only remaining thatched church in Lincolnshire. Popular with tourists, it is still used for weddings, christenings and funerals, as well as normal services. A wedding is the Ceremony in which two people are united in Marriage. A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember
Notable residents
- Captain John Smith who lived in nearby Willoughby
- Anne Hutchinson[1]
- Thomas Paine, who was an excise officer in the town. Captain Sir John Smith (c January 1580– June 21 1631) Admiral of New England was an English Soldier, Sailor Willoughby is small inland village three miles south of the town of Alford Lincolnshire in East Lindsey. Anne Hutchinson ( July 20, 1591 – August 20, 1643) was the unauthorized Puritan minister of a dissident church discussion Thomas Paine (January 29 1737 &ndash June 8 1809 was an English Pamphleteer, Revolutionary, radical, Inventor, and Intellectual Excise or Excise tax (sometimes called an excise duty) is a type of Tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to Customs duties
- Richard Dixon of Alford was one of the original Jamestown settlers in America. The James Settlement was the first permanent English settlement in North America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Other information
Beechings Way Industrial Estate is so named as it is built on the closed east Lincolnshire railway line from Grimsby to Boston. Grimsby (or archaically Great Grimsby) is a Seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. The line (and Alford railway station} was axed by Dr. Beeching during his rationalisation of British Railways in the 1960s and early 1970s. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains Richard Beeching Baron Beeching ( 21 April 1913 - 23 March 1985) commonly known as Doctor Beeching, was chairman of British See also Rail transport in Great Britain, National Rail, Network Rail This article is about the defunct entity "British Railways" It closed on 5 October 1970. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
See also
References
- ^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. The Alford and Sutton Tramway was a steam-operated narrow gauge street tramway that ran between Sutton-on-Sea and Alford in Lincolnshire Chicago: Marquis Who's Who.
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