| 词条 | South Witham |
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| static_image_name = Church of St John the Baptist, South Witham - geograph.org.uk - 89916.jpg | static_image_alt = | static_image_caption = St John the Baptist Church, South Witham | country = England | official_name = South Witham | map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|52.762580|-0.629333|display=inline,title}} | population = 1,533 | population_ref = (2011) | shire_district = South Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Grantham and Stamford | post_town = Grantham | postcode_district = NG33 | postcode_area = NG | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SK925192 | london_distance_mi = 90 | london_direction = S }} South Witham is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.[1][2] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,533.[3] It is situated {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} south of Grantham and 10 miles east of Melton Mowbray. The village is close to the Leicestershire and Rutland borders. HistoryThe village takes its name from the River Witham which rises nearby. But the origin of the word Witham is still unknown.[4] The village has until recently also been spelt as "South Wytham".{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} In 1966, the Royal Air Force built a large housing estate on the opposite side of the River Witham. The houses were intended for servicemen at RAF Cottesmore, but were taken instead by personnel at RAF North Luffenham. The village trebled in size virtually overnight, and the primary school was similarly increased in size. A NAAFI was provided for the forces' families.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} On 2 August 1973, Canberra B2 WJ674 of 231 OCU crashed in the field east of The Fox public house, near Woodbine Farm in North Witham parish. Two of the aircrew ejected successfully, but the pilot, Flt. Lt. T.M.Murray, was killed.[5][6] In 2010 a plan for a super-dairy with almost 3,000 cows was withdrawn after concerns expressed by residents.[7] GeographySouth Witham is bisected by the River Witham, about {{convert|3|mi|km|1}} to the east of its source. It is the point on the A1 where it enters Lincolnshire from the south, near The Fox Inn. The parish of {{convert|1770|acre|km2|0}} acres borders Thistleton and Rutland to the south, and the boundary to the west meets Wymondham, Leicestershire at Thistleton Gap. The parish includes the Forty Acre Wood to the north-west, where it borders Gunby. The boundary goes due east to meet North Witham parish at the first undulation in the road northwards. Crossing the road, the boundary goes due eastwards to meet the A1, which it then follows due south on the east side of the road. The boundary goes through The Fox, with North Witham parish to the east, to a point just south of the A1 interchange. The A1 was upgraded in early August 1971, through Rutland, to Tickencote (built by Rutland County Council). Before the road was improved, the South Witham crossroads on the A1 lay at the point where the sliproads join today. Nearby to the south was RAF Cottesmore, and the village was the centre of the flight path circuit. EconomyOn the road to Wymondham is a limestone quarry owned by Breedon Aggregates, containing around 3.2 million tonnes of limestone. Ennstone Johnston bought the quarry for £1.5 million in April 2004 from GRS.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} Close by to the north is a former ironstone quarry. Other companies based in the village include Compressed Air Plant, Auriga, Petlife International and Clever Cooks. In the parish on the northbound A1 is the Grantham South Witham Travelodge. One village public house is the Blue Cow in the High Street and the other is The Angel near the village church RailwayThere was once a South Witham railway station which is now closed. The line went from Melton, via Bourne, to Spalding. In 1898 a branch line was built from the railway (near to the quarry) to Buckminster to transport iron ore for the Holwell Iron Company, later the Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company, and ran parallel to Sewstern Lane. ChurchThe church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and included in the Withams Group of Churches of North Witham, Stainby and Gunby. In the 19th century the vicar was Ralph Tollemache, nephew of Lord Frederick Tollemache. He built the primary school in 1879. His eldest son, Sir Lyonel Felix Carteret Eugene Tollemache, 4th Baronet born in 1854, became Lord Tollemache in 1935.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} There were two chapels - a Methodist and Congregationalist (now known nationally as the United Reformed Church). One chapel on Thistleton Road became a vintage motorcycle museum.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} The owner later claimed to be Britain's safest driver,[8] having taken to the wheel in 1925 (at the age of 15), and buying his first car, a Willys Overland Crossley Whippet in 1935 for £2.50. He sold his collection of eighty 1920s and 1930s motorcycles in March 2003.[9] ArchaeologyThe parish is one of Lincolnshire's Knights Templar preceptories.[10] Temple Hill was recently investigated by the Society for Medieval Archaeology in 2002.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} {{Lincolnshire preceptories}}CommunityThe village exists on two centres: Around the Church and Around the former MOD housing estate. The ecclesiastical parish South Witham is part of The Witham Group of the Deanery of Beltisloe in the Diocese of Lincoln. The incumbent is The Revd Dr Tom Broadbent.[11] The village Primary school is in Water Lane.[12] The school's 2011 Ofsted rating was Grade 2 (good).[13] Older children are bussed out of the village to school. The village magazine, Witham Word, is published monthly on the web.[1] The village is the terminus of the No. 28 bus route from Grantham, which provides a daily service.[14][15] Notable people
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References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=South Witham web site|url=http://www.southwitham.net/index.html|publisher=South Witham parish council|accessdate=1 June 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Parish council|url=http://moderngov.southkesteven.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=460|accessdate=1 June 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128719&c=South+Witham&d=16&e=62&g=6447473&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1464615655315&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 23011|accessdate=30 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Mills|first=A.D.|title=Oxford dictionary of British placenames|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-852758-9|quote=a Celtic or pre-Celtic river-name of uncertain origin}} 5. ^{{cite web|publisher=Wolverhampton Aviation Group|date=2 August 1973|url=http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1973.htm|title=UK military aircraft losses|work=UK serials resource centre|accessdate=1 June 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Dr. John|title=English Electric Canberra B.2|url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=21106|work=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21106|publisher=Aviation safety network|accessdate=1 June 2013|date=8 April 2013}} 7. ^{{cite news|newspaper=BBC news Lincolnshire|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10342377|date= 17 June 2010 |title=Plan for South Witham super dairy farm dropped |quote="Possibly more intensive farming like this will be the future":Martin Witham; Parish Council chairman}} 8. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/6385674/99-year-old-is-safest-driver-no-speeding-tickets-in-84-years.html Telegraph - Britain's safest driver] 9. ^Motorcycle museum 10. ^{{NHLE|num=1007688|desc=Preceptory site|grade=Scheduled|accessdate=1 Jun 2013}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Ecclesiastical parish|url=http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?14029010|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130703164957/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?14029010|dead-url=yes|archive-date=3 July 2013|publisher=Diocese of Lincoln|accessdate=1 June 2013}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=South Witham community primary school|url=http://www.south-witham.lincs.sch.uk/SouthWitham/Home.html|accessdate=1 June 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219060733/http://www.south-witham.lincs.sch.uk/SouthWitham/Home.html|archivedate=19 February 2013|df=dmy-all}} Pdf download required 13. ^{{cite web|title=South Witham Community Primary School|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/120389|work=|publisher=Ofsted|accessdate=1 June 2013|date=7 Jan 2011|quote=(URN): 120389}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=Service 28|url=http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Files/Parish/418/bus_timetable_2013.pdf|publisher=Lincolnshire county council|date=1 Apr 2013|accessdate=1 June 2013}} 15. ^{{cite web|title=Route 28|url=http://www.centrebus.info/Documents/28%20-%20Grantham%20-%20South%20Witham.pdf|work=Bus timetable|publisher=Centrebus|accessdate=2 June 2013}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 16. ^{{cite news|last=Moss|first=Stephen|title=Obituary Eric Simms|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/mar/23/eric-simms-obituary|accessdate=1 June 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 March 2009}} 17. ^{{cite web|last=Sheppard|first=Bob|title=Eric Simms, DFC, naturalist and author,|url=http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/Articles/Eric_simms.htm|publisher=Lincolnshire Bird Club|accessdate=1 June 2013|year=2009}}
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