From 1995 to 2014 the RAF held an International Airshow at RAF Waddington.

There had been airshows at the same venue for several years in the 1960s to early 1980s, but these were of a more local character.

A highlight of the show would be the Vulcan "scramble", a hugely impressive show of power and noise.

In a quieter vein, a Lancaster bomber of World War 2 vintage from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (seen here) would be on display.

Fire mark of the Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society on a building at the corner of Rectory Lane.

The Hand in Hand was established as a mutual society in London on 12 November 1696.

https://heritage.aviva.com/our-history/companies/h/hand-in-hand-fire-and-life-insurance-society/ 

Is this an original mark? 

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"Originally a 16th-century coaching inn"

http://www.thehorseandjockeyatwaddington.co.uk/history 

"Public House. C18 with C19 and C20 additions"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1164935 

"Enemy action during 1941 severely damaged 71 houses in the village, as well as the Horse & Jockey pub and the NAFFI building on the RAF station. The damage was mainly caused by two aerial mines; large bombs dropped by parachute and fused to explode before hitting the ground"

http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Waddington/section.asp?catId=21048 

Supposed to be haunted by the Green Lady. 

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Royal Air Force Waddington - Crowds at Air Show pictured in 1981. 

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Royal Air Force Waddington - Air Show pictured in 1981. 

"In the Cold War, RAF Waddington became an Avro Vulcan V-bomber base, with 83 Sqn being the first in the RAF to receive the Vulcan in May 1957. It continued in this role until 1984 when the last Vulcan squadron, No. 50, disbanded"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Waddington 

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The medieval church at Waddington was totally destroyed in May 1941 in a bombing raid on the nearby RAF base.

The present church, consecrated in 1954, has a plain exterior of Ancaster stone, with a large west window to the nave and a north-west tower.

The churchyard contains a number of Commonwealth War Graves.

May 2012

Excellent church history available online.

http://stmichaelschurchwaddington.org.uk/church%20history/index.html 

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Commonwealth war graves in Saint Michael's churchyard.

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Was this font salvaged from the 12th-century church destroyed in a Second World War air raid on the night of 8 May 1941?

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"There are three public houses in the village, the names of which reflect the agricultural history of the village.

In the centre of the village is the Horse and Jockey which fronts the old town square, while the Three Horse Shoes is situated beside St. Michael's Church on High Street.

The third public house is the Wheatsheaf which is situated at the crossroads of the Lincoln to Grantham road (A607) and Mere Road which is the main access road to RAF Waddington.

http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Waddington/section.asp?docId=69862 

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The original war memorial was destroyed May 1941 in a bombing raid on the nearby RAF base.

"A new memorial in the form of a polished stone of remembrance was erected in Bar Lane, Waddington made from York granite and was unveiled 9th November 2003 at a cost of £4,018 50p; the builders were Leakes Masonry of Louth"

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/Waddington.html 

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Artwork associated with the war memorials.

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A nearby plaque states :-

"LEST WE FORGET

THIS CLOCK IS A MEMORIAL TO THOSE MEMBERS OF 463 AND 467 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES WHILST SERVING WITH NO. 5 GROUP R.A.F BOMBER COMMAND DURING THE 1935 - 1945 WAR.

10TH MAY 1987" 

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"A List And Brief Details Of Chapels In The Lincoln Circuits Past And Present" prepared by Colin Shepherdson (Revised October 2000) states :-

"i) A house was licensed for worship in 1793 and a chapel erected in Chapel Lane (now Maltkiln Lane) in 1817.

ii) Hill Top chapel was opened on the 2.4.1850 and a vestry added in 1852. It closed following the opening of the High Street chapel in 1905 and subsequently became the village hall but is now two houses, 'Hill Crest House' and "Hall Cottage'.

iii) The stone laying for the High Street chapel was held on the 31.5.1905 and the building opened in October of the same year. The chapel is still in use with a membership of 20"

High Street chapel closed in 2005. 

Geoff Swain Collection 24 June 1994

This war memorial tablet originally located in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, High Street.

Moved to St Michael's Church following closure of the Chapel in 2005.

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"There are three public houses in the village, the names of which reflect the agricultural history of the village.

In the centre of the village is the Horse and Jockey which fronts the old town square, while the Three Horse Shoes is situated beside St. Michael's Church on High Street.

The third public house is the Wheatsheaf which is situated at the crossroads of the Lincoln to Grantham road (A607) and Mere Road which is the main access road to RAF Waddington"

http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Waddington/section.asp?docId=69862 

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A tower mill built in 1866, initially with three floors (later heightened to five) and four sails.

The mill worked until the early 1920s.

Exley Collection, photograph 1927

At the time of the Second World War the tower was reduced in height because of the nearby airfield.

Location of Mill: SK 974 634

Peter Kirk Collection, 1998