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  Woodhall Spa shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 3,657 (2001 census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LN10 |
| Dialling code | 01526 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Woodhall Spa is a civil parish and village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England about 10 km (6 miles) south-west of Horncastle. 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 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 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 The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United 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 civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. 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 Horncastle is a Market town of some 6090 residents in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
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History
Woodhall Spa came into existence as the result of the sinking of a trial coal shaft by John Parkinson of Bolingbroke in 1821. Attempts to find coal in the local Jurassic shales had been made since about 1811-12 as the surface soils indicated that coal might be present. No coal was found and after digging and boring to a depth of 368 m the shaft was abandoned. The miners had encountered fissure of saline water at 159 m depth and eventually the shaft filled with water and overflowed into a ditch; it was noticed that cattle drinking from the ditch were cured of their ailments and since it was considered that what was good for animals must be good for people too.
The reputation of the curative properties spread and by 1839, the then Lord of the Manor, Thomas Hotchkin, had built a pump room, bathhouse and hotel, later caller the 'Victoria Hotel', and had the water analysed. Public baths originated from a communal need for cleanliness Often the term public is misleading to some people as they will have restrictions based upon who can use the facility A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis The water was found to contain six times more iodine and bromine than any other known mineral water. Iodine (ˈaɪədaɪn ˈaɪədɪn or /ˈaɪədiːn/ from ιώδης iodes "violet" is a Chemical element that has the symbol I and Atomic The coming of the railways in 1855 brought increasing popularity and an elegant spa town with hotels and guest houses on wide tree-lined avenues, largely designed by Adolphus Came, grew up around the original facilities. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. See also Mineral spa A spa town, or simply spa, is a town frequented mainly for health reasons to "take the waters" The Victoria Hotel and the Spa Baths were greatly modified by the Syndicate, a group of investors including the Lord Chief Justice and Lord Iddesleigh, in 1887. Much of the village's Victorian elegance remains, but times changed, the railway closed down, the use of the baths declined over the years and finally closed when the well collapsed in 1983; however Woodhall Spa still remains a popular holiday and retirement resort today. Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities Lists of holidays The words holiday or vacation have related meanings in different English-speaking countries and continents but will usually refer to one of Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely A resort is a place used for Relaxation or Recreation, attracting visitors for Holidays or Vacations Resorts are places towns or sometimes
The heyday of Woodhall Spa was recorded by a local photographer John Wield and many of his photographs are displayed in the 'Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum'.
One of the earliest hotels to be built in the village, 'The Woodhall Spa Hotel', formally the 'Eagle Lodge Hotel', which opened in 1882, survives today.
In 2006, the owners of 'The Golf Hotel' recreated the history of Woodhall spa by opening a new day spa called the 'Aqua Sante Spa' with the exact bromine & iodine content in its water as in the original waters.
The Pinewoods
The Pinewoods, a 7. 8 ha woodland owned by the Woodland Trust, was originally scrub land which was later incorporated into the grounds of the Victoria Hotel. Ecologically a woodland is an area covered in trees differentiated from a Forest. The Woodland Trust, founded in London, England in 1972, and now based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, is a conservation charity in It lies at the heart of the village and has long been a big attraction for visitors, particularly in the spring when the daffodils and rhododendrons are in flower. Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, "rose" and dendron, "tree" is a genus of flowering plants in the family
The Kinema in the Woods
The Kinema in the Woods situated in the centre of the Pinewoods is one of the treasures of Woodhall Spa and is completely unique. The Kinema in the Woods is a cinema in the village of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England. Housed in a converted cricket pavilion, when it opened in 1922 it was one of the first cinemas in Britain. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Cinemaaustraliajpg|thumb|A movie theater in Australia ]]A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre or cinema is a venue The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located It is the only cinema in the country to employ back projection[1][2] and also offers regular entertainment on an original Compton Captain Organ. This article is concerned with technical aspects of moving film projection The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each
Jubilee Park
Jubilee Park, opened in 1937, lies adjacent to the Pinewoods and offers a facility that was fairly common once, but is rare today, a heated outdoor swimming pool. A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed Body of water intended for Swimming or The park also offers tennis courts, a bowling green, children’s playground, cafe and cricket ground, reputed to be one of the largest and finest in Lincolnshire, home to Woodhall Spa Cricket Club. A tennis court is where the game of Tennis is played It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center In English garden history, a bowling green is a finely-laid close-mown and rolled stretch of flat Lawn for playing the game of Bowls, a fashion in ICC standard dimensions These are the standard requirements as per the ICC standard test match ODI and 20-20 playing conditions Playing area minimum from boundary to Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England.
Golf and Woodhall Spa Golf Club
Golf it could be argued is one of the main industries of Woodhall Spa with the first course of 9 holes being opened in 1890. This flourished until 1895 when the land that the course was built on was required for building. A new site was hurriedly found and another 9 hole golf course was laid out. A golf course consists of a series of holes each consisting of a Teeing ground, Fairway, rough and other hazards and a green with a pin and cup all designed for By 1902 it became clear that the golf course would have to find another new home as the land was required for the expansion of the spa town once again.
Local landowner, Stafford Vere Hotchkin, offered a sandy tract of land off the Horncastle Road for the building of an 18 hole course. The course opened for play on 24 April 1905 and has come to be rated as one of the finest golf courses in the world, with the Golf Magazine of America rating it the world’s 43rd best golf course.
The English Golf Union bought the course in 1995 in order to set up a National Golf Centre. The English Golf Union is the governing body for men's and boys' amateur Golf in England. The Union also secured enough land to build a second course and to provide extensive practice facilities. The second course, ‘the Bracken’, opened for play in 1998 alongside the original course, now named ‘the Hotchkin’.
The Tower-on-the-Moor
The Tower-on-the-Moor, a four storeys high red brick built tower, is the stair turret of what is believed to have been a hunting lodge built in the mid C15 for Ralph, Lord Cromwell whose fortified house, Tattershall Castle, was located 6 km (4 miles) to the south. Hunting is the practice of pursuing Animals for Food, Recreation, or Trade. Tattershall Castle is a Castle in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England, north east of Sleaford, and in the care of the National It is known that the tower was partly demolished in the latter part of the 15th century to provide brick for repairs to Tattershall Castle. One of the older local roads in Woodhall Spa, Tor-O-Moor Road is named after the tower.
The Viking Way
The Viking Way passes through the centre of the village which has proved to be a popular overnight stopping point for walkers on the 235 km (147 miles) long long-distance footpath. The Viking Way is a Long distance footpath in England running between the Humber Bridge in North Lincolnshire and Oakham Long-distance trails (or long-distance tracks paths footpaths or Greenways are the longer recreational right-of-way routes mainly through rural areas used for non-motorised
The Second World War
The Second World War saw Woodhall Spa’s two main hotels, ‘The Golf Hotel’ and ‘The Petwood Hotel’ (so called because it was originally built at the turn of the last century as a house for Lady Weigall who had it constructed in her favourite wood, her "pet wood") requisitioned for the RAF, an airfield built to the south of the village, RAF Woodhall Spa and the Pinewoods used to hide military equipment. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Expropriation refers to Confiscation of Private property with the stated purpose of establishing social equality. RAF Woodhall Spa was a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England.
At the end of WWII the hotels returned to their normal use, the Pinewoods became once again a place for the quiet enjoyment of nature and in 1964 RAF Woodhall Spa closed for operational uses although it is still owned by the Ministry of Defence and is used mainly for jet engine testing. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters A fine memorial to members of the famous 617 Squadron, the Dambusters, stands at the crossroads in the centre of the village. No 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is better known as the "Dambusters" squadron No 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is better known as the "Dambusters" squadron
Woodhall Spa and Rail
In 1846 the Great Northern rail company purchased the land to build a 58 mile rail link from Peterborough to Lincoln via Spalding and Boston with the Boston to Lincoln section being built along the banks of the River Witham. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display History Early history Present-day Peterborough is the latest in a series of settlements which have at one time or other benefited from its situation where the Nene Lincoln (ˈlɪŋkən is a Cathedral city and County town of Lincolnshire, England. Boston ( is a town and small Port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. The River Witham is a River, almost entirely in county of Lincolnshire, in the east of England. Works commenced in 1847 and when finished a year later the Kirkstead Station, later to be renamed the Woodhall Junction, was one of seven between Lincoln and Boston. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common To the north were Stixwould, Southery and Bardney and to the south were Tattershall, Dogdyke and Langrick. Bardney is a Village 16 km (10 miles east of Lincoln, sitting on the north side of the River Witham in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire Tattershall is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, located on the A153 Horncastle to Sleaford road
A branch of the line, the Horncastle Branch, from the Woodhall Junction to Horncastle was opened on the 11th August 1855 and transported the gentry into the heart of Woodhall where they could easily get to the hotels and public attractions. Horncastle is a Market town of some 6090 residents in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The line also provided a better means of transport for goods being transported to and from Horncastle than the River Bain. The Horncastle Canal was a broad canal which ran 11 miles from the River Witham to Horncastle in Lincolnshire, England, through 12 locks
The line closed along with the rest of the Boston to Lincoln line in 1971 and demolition of the Woodhall Spa Station came soon after although some of the Woodhall Junction buildings still exist and are in private use. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
After the track was removed the land was sold off to various land owners, mostly local farmers, but some has been used to recently create a paved walk and cycle path, called The Water Rail Way, from Kirkstead to Lincoln. Kirkstead is an ancient village on the River Witham in Lincolnshire, England that was amalgamated with Woodhall Spa in the early 1980s As of summer 2007 it is almost completed with only a small section by Bardney yet to be finished. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Bardney is a Village 16 km (10 miles east of Lincoln, sitting on the north side of the River Witham in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
The course of the Horncastle Branch to Horncastle has also been turned into a bridleway, The Spa Trail, allowing for a save journey to Horncastle that is used by 15,000 people a year.
Kirkstead Bridge
Kirkstead Bridge spans the River Witham at Kirkstead carrying the B1191 from Woodhall west towards Martin. Kirkstead Bridge is a Concrete Arch Bridge that spans the River Witham at Kirkstead in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire The River Witham is a River, almost entirely in county of Lincolnshire, in the east of England. Martin is a small ancient village just north of Timberland Lincolnshire, located in the middle of a large flat Fen. It was built in the 1960s to replace a swing bridge which in turn replaced a ferry which operated until the early 20th century.
Kirkstead
The more ancient parish of Kirkstead amalgamated with Woodhall Spa in the early 1980s thus formalising what was already a reality. Kirkstead is an ancient village on the River Witham in Lincolnshire, England that was amalgamated with Woodhall Spa in the early 1980s Kirkstead is the western part of Woodhall Spa between the village centre and the River Witham. The River Witham is a River, almost entirely in county of Lincolnshire, in the east of England. It has its origins in a Cistercian abbey (the name Kirkstead means "the site of a church" ) founded in 1139 by Hugh Brito, lord of Tattershall and originally colonised by an abbot and twelve monks from Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire, it was around this abbey that the little hamlet of Kirkstead grew. An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or Tattershall is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, located on the A153 Horncastle to Sleaford road MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire, England, is a Ruined Cistercian Monastery, founded in 1132 Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village.
The abbey remained in existence until 1537, when the abbey was dissolved and Richard Harrison (the last Abbot) and three of his monks were executed by Henry VIII following their implication (probably unjustly) in the Lincolnshire Rising of the previous year. The word abbot, meaning Father, is a title given to the head of a Monastery in various traditions including Christianity. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of The Pilgrimage of Grace was a popular rising in York, Yorkshire during 1536 in protest against England 's break with Rome and
The land passed to the Duke of Suffolk and later to Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, who built a large country house. By 1791 that too had gone and all that remains today is a dramatic crag of masonry - a fragment of the south transept wall of the abbey church and the earthworks of the vast complex of buildings that once surrounded it.
The church of St. Leonard's Without. The church of St Leonard’s Without is a small and ancient chapel built between 1230 and 1240 in the parish of Kirkstead, Lincolnshire. (outside the gates of the Abbey) stands in a field by the side of the ruins of the abbey. Built between 1230 and 1240 it is an excellent example of the Early English style. English Gothic is the name of the Architectural style that flourished in England from about 1180 until about 1520 Measuring only 12. 8 m by 5. 8 m it is up to “Cathedral standards” and may well have been built as a chantry chapel in memory of Robert de Tattershall who died in 1212. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral Chantry is the English term for the establishment of an institutional Chapel on private land or within a greater church where a priest would chant masses A chapel is a holy place or area of Worship for Christians, which may be attached to an institution such as a large church, a College, a In use for many years as a church, it closed in 1877 (when the Presbyterian congregation were evicted) and from 1883 the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings fought to save it from total decay. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings ( SPAB) (sometimes known as Anti-Scrape) was founded by William Morris and Philip Webb in Eventually during 1913 and 1914 it was restored by the architect Weir.
Kirkstead remained an isolated hamlet until the opening of the Lincoln to Boston railway line. Lincoln (ˈlɪŋkən is a Cathedral city and County town of Lincolnshire, England. Boston ( is a town and small Port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. The arrival of the railways spelled the end of Kirkstead’s isolation and eventually of Kirkstead itself as Woodhall Spa’s increasing popularity, which came with the increasing ease of travel, led it to expand outwards into Kirkstead parish until it reached the banks of the River Witham.
See also
- Kirkstead
- Lincolnshire
- Local Places:
- River Witham
- The Sewer
External links
- Woodhall Spa Community Website
- The Kinema In The Woods Official website
- Aqua Sante Spa - Home of the Woodhall Spa Waters
- The Woodhall Spa Hotel
- Woodhall Spa Freecycle Group
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