Located to the south of the village on the road from South Thoresby.

DB 31 May 2019

"Cross, C15, C20 limestone. Plinth of 3 steps, high octagonal base with broaches, part of shaft C15, remainder C20.

C15 octagonal knop with C20 cross above"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062904 

Railings around base are a modern replacement for those removed during the second world war. 

Allington is a "doubly thankful" village and needs no war memorial.

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

Halloween decorations just visible background right.

DB 3 November 2018

Sign located on the village green.

DB 3 November 2018

Village sign featuring an image of St Andrew's Church. Located at the Stainfield road junction OS Grid Reference TF 110 751. Bardney Limewoods visible in the background.

DB 8 May 2022

"Probably originally a wayside cross, but not in original position.

According to local tradition, this and the nearby cross base to the west (qv) were brought from Thornholm Priory 2 miles to the south"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1310071 

There is a second cross base hidden in the long grass behind.

Risby Road leading off into the distance. 

DB 14 May 2019 

Village sign depicting 7 bells - located on Carlton Road.

"In 1998 the church added a seventh bell: the ship's bell from HMS Bassingham, presented by her former commander after she was decommissioned"

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

DB 24 September 2018

Main Road and Fulletby Road junction.

Reported in the Horncastle News that :- 

"Children from St. Lawrence School, Belchford, built the Cairn in 2009 out of flint and stone found in fields around the village.

Inside the Cairn is a time capsule including the names of the children who helped build it and a piece of iron work"

https://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/news/crime/police-appeal-after-cairn-vandalised-1-4303879 

DB 3 September 2018

Hunting scene is a reference to The South Wold Hunt founded 1822. The foxhounds' kennels are on the western side of the village close to the A153.  https://www.southwoldhunt.co.uk 

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1876 mentions the South Wold Subscription Hounds - Crowder, huntsman; Edward Bartlett, head whipper-in.

DB 3 September 2018

"Pump and milestone in the form of an obelisk. c1820, restored C20. By Jeffry Wyatville"

"One of a number of estate buildings by Wyatville for -John, first Earl Brownlow of Belton House"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1187955 

DB 18 June 2018

Anthony Salvin 1838 for First Earl Brownlow of Belton House.

DB 26 June 2018

A small village green with telephone kiosk, village sign and village history. 

DB 8 August 2022

A very fine 1930s cast iron finger post, now fully restored, is shown here.

The roundel on top gives the location (Branston Mere) and the local authority (K.C.C. = Kesteven County Council).

The post is 0.5 mile east of Waddington Airfield on the B1178.

Located on Main Street near the village hall.

Telephone removed prior to the kiosk itself being removed. A notice inside stated that the kiosk had received insufficient use.

The BBC reported in 2017 that 

"BT is to scrap half of the UK's remaining 40,000 telephone boxes and focus on the ones in locations where people are more likely to use them.

In 1992 at their peak before mobile phones became popular, there were 92,000 phone boxes in the UK"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40934210 

DB 24 September 2018

"The market cross was erected in Market Place during the 14th century and is believed to stand in or near its original location"

http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=8056&p=0 

Pevsner suggests the shaft of the cross dates from the 18th century, but the base is medieval. 

DB 15 April 2018

C19 water pump.

DB 15 April 2018

Jean Howard, 20 April 2022

A medieval cross with 20th century additions. This survives despite being in the middle of Church Street, a main thoroughfare in the village. It is a Scheduled Monument and Grade II listed: 

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1254084?section=official-list-entry  

Jean Howard 2 August 2024

"Shona McCallin, MBE (born 18 May 1992) is a member of Great Britain women's national field hockey team and an Olympic gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics."

"Market cross. Medieval origins, reset in 1806 ... Pedestal bears small C20 plaque recording that John Wesley "preached from these steps on many occasions""

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1068802 

DB 9 August 2019

"Cross base. C14, restored 1908"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061840 

DB 26 April 2021

Jean Howard, 12 January 2022

Jean Howard, 12 January 2022

The ornamental village signs at Fulletby and Belchford were designed by Gillian Newby and made by Rundles of New Bolingbroke.

This sign shows a very modern tractor and a group of geese (or ducks?).

Jean Howard, 17 January 2022

Jean Howard, 12 January 2022

Jean Howard, 12 January 2022

"LAMP POST 1997

This cast iron lamp post is a replacement for the original which once stood in the center of the very wide junction of Long St. with High St.

The brass plaque comes from the original 1911 lamp post"

DB 11 March 2019

Original brass plaque attached to a replacement lamp post.

"THIS LAMP WAS ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY. JUNE 22ND 1911"

DB 11 March 2019

The scene bottom middle shows children attempting to pelt the church clock.

"The local inhabitants are known as 'Clockpelters', from the habit of trying to strike the face of the church clock with stones or snowballs.The clock dates from 1897"

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

The scene bottom right is a reminder that highwaymen used to frequent Gonerby Hill - stagecoaches travelling very slowly up the hill were an easy target.

http://www.great-gonerby-church.uk/public/village.php

DB 11 March 2019

Hemingby no longer has a regular bus service.

Only CallConnect now available.

https://lincsbus.info/callconnect/  

DB 3 September 2018

Former telephone kiosk now used to house a defibrillator.

"In 1935 the K6 (kiosk number six) was designed to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V.

It was consequently sometimes known as the "Jubilee" kiosk. It went into production in 1936.

The K6 was the first red telephone kiosk to be extensively used outside London, and many thousands were deployed in virtually every town and city, replacing most of the existing kiosks and establishing thousands of new sites.

In 1935 there had been 19,000 public telephones in the UK: by 1940, thanks to the K6, there were 35,000"

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

Located on Main Road near the church.

DB 3 September 2018

"Maypole. C19. Wood and wrought iron. Tall wooden pole painted with spiralling red, white and blue alternating lines wedged into tall, rectangular base. Crowned with painted wooden orb with wrought iron weathervane with fox motif"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1063352?section=official-list-entry 

DB 8 March 2022 

An unusual survival of the turnpike period is this eighteenth century milestone outside the parish church in High Street, Holbeach.

Ken Redmore, 2010

"Late C19. Cast iron painted white with black detailing"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1166036  

DB 5 May 2018

Village sign depicting what appears to be Hill's Mill.

Two mills listed in Kelly's Directory 1919 "Green Joseph Robert, miller (wind')" and "Hill William, miller (wind), Horsington mill"

DB 5 June 2021

Telephone kiosk on Main Street now converted for use as a community library.

"In 1935 the K6 (kiosk number six) was designed to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V.

It was consequently sometimes known as the "Jubilee" kiosk. It went into production in 1936.

The K6 was the first red telephone kiosk to be extensively used outside London, and many thousands were deployed in virtually every town and city, replacing most of the existing kiosks and establishing thousands of new sites.

In 1935 there had been 19,000 public telephones in the UK: by 1940, thanks to the K6, there were 35,000"

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

DB 28 August 2018

The village pump in Lea, near Gainsborough, in 1908.

Before the days of mains water supply, water for a villager's drinking and cooking was pumped from a well.

Most properties - provided there was a suitable supply nearby - had their own wells and pumps.

Other householders had to collect water in pails from the village pump, although rainwater collected in a butt was used for laundry.

Postcard, 1908

"Early C19. Cast iron"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1254206 

DB 8 July 2018

Lincoln has a good selection of Victorian, George V, George VI and Elizabeth II post boxes however only a few from the reign of Edward VII (1901-1910).

No known Edward VIII (1936) boxes in Lincolnshire? 

DB 8 November 2018

Situated next to The Chancery and opposite the east end of the Cathedral.

"In 1853 the first pillar box in the United Kingdom was installed at Botchergate, Carlisle"

"Green was adopted as the standard colour for the early Victorian post boxes"

"The first boxes to be painted red were in London in July 1874"

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

DB 27 September 2018

Boundary stone on the east side of Steep Hill.

Local signage states "In the 18th century, boundary stones were erected at city gates, to the indicate the point where the town council's authority ended and that of the constable of the castle began.

The constable controlled the entire Bail, the upper Roman city that became the first castle bailey.

The boundary stones can still be found at Newport, Eastgate and here on Steep Hill. Only in 1835 did the city council gain authority over the Bail".

DB 20 January 2020

Modern replacement boundary stone on the west side of Steep Hill.

Local signage states "In the 18th century, boundary stones were erected at city gates, to the indicate the point where the town council's authority ended and that of the constable of the castle began.

The constable controlled the entire Bail, the upper Roman city that became the first castle bailey.

The boundary stones can still be found at Newport, Eastgate and here on Steep Hill. Only in 1835 did the city council gain authority over the Bail". 

DB 20 January 2020

City boundary marker on footpath gate leading off Washingborough Road.

Footpath leads from Washingborough Road, along the eastern edge of Canwick Old Cemetery, to the Cow Paddle.

DB 2 February 2019

"This is one of 1000 mileposts funded by The Royal Bank of Scotland to mark the creation of the National Cycle Network"

A Millennium project beside the Linwood Road B1202.

DB 22 March 2020

Few bus shelters attracted the attention of Nikolaus Pevsner.

This late eighteenth-century arch from a conduit house in Londonthorpe found its new use in 1974.

Mark Acton, 2016

Appears to show the Church, Bellmount Tower in Belton Park and the village bus stop.

DB 25 March 2019

This cast iron boot scraper is by the front door of 11A Northgate.

Pearl Wheatley, 2012

Jean Howard, 19 November 2020

"Milepost. Early C19. Cast iron"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165193

DB 7 September 2019

Located off Bridge Street near the church.

Central scenes featuring the Thorold coat of arms, Church, School and River Witham.

DB 28 May 2020

"Market cross. C14.Stone. Octagonal stepped base topped with much weathered octagonal shaft."

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1317180 

DB 22 April 2019

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states :-

"An ancient Cross, which stood in the village, was replaced by a new one in 1835, at the cost of about £25, and a market is now held round it on Saturday evenings"

Refurbished cast iron standpost for village water supply.

Manufactured by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock.

Located on Clint Lane with two identical standposts situated on High Street

Very similar standposts in Aubourn and Haddington.

DB 19 March 2018

Located on the A607 Lincoln to Grantham Road just to the north of Green Man Road.

DB 1 April 2019

"Village cross. C19"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1147763?section=official-listing 

DB 30 January 2022

Inscription reads :-

"From Lincoln 18 miles, From Grantham 7 miles, From London 117 miles"

Early C19. 

DB 26 March 2018

A roadside sculpture at the entrance to the village on Church Lane.

North Kesteven's "Stepping Out" walk leaflet states that "this is carved from Ancaster Stone, was created by Anne Alldread, is named Fieldstone and depicts a pheasant hiding within a hedgerow". 

DB 2020

"Lamp standard. 1866 for Frances Sandars ... plate on north side inscribed:-

THE GIFT OF FRANCES SANDARS 1866

Originally lit by gas from the village gasworks"

http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083225 

Lamp standard now carries a clock. 

Telephone kiosk and Post Office visible in the background. 

DB 21 August 2018

"This village sign was erected by the people of Potterhanworth on 17th September 1983 to commemorate the Marriage of H.R.H. Prince Charles The Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer 29th July 1981. 

Sign fully rebuilt Oct 2012 - July 2014"

DB 14 February 2019

Village sign at the crossroads. Depicts an agricultural scene with the church in the background.

DB 18 August 2024

The text reads :- 

"The name Redbourne appears to be derived from the old English name HREODBURNA which means reedy burn and has reference to the stream which flows through the village.

The knight in armour is SIR GERALD SOTHILL who owned the castle, the site of which is to the east of St. Andrew's Church, together with the land in Redbourne and Blyton. He died in 1410. His tomb is in the church, on the north side of the chancel.

The falcon denotes the association of Redbourne with the Dukedom of St. Albans. which carries the hereditary title of Grand Falconer of England. The first Duke was the son of CHARLES II by NELL GWYN. The Redbourne Estate come into the possession of the family in 1791, when LORD WILLIAM BEAUCLERK, who was to become the 8th Duke, married CHARLOTTE CARTER-THELWALL. She inherited it from her late father, the REV. ROBERT CARTER-THELWALL. It was ultimately sold in 1917 by the trustees of the 11th Duke.

The propeller refers to the building of the airfield on land situated to the north east of the village. This was used by fighter aircraft during the Second World War.

Throughout the years, the main activity in the village has been farming. This is depicted by the ears of wheat which have been carved on the sides of the post.

The dog's head, which is to be found on the back of the post, is the logo of master craftsman RICHARD COLLINSON of Brigg, who carved the sign.

This sign was erected by the Redbourne Parish Council to commemorate the MILLENNIUM. 2000 YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. Contributions towards the cost were received from the North Lincolnshire Council and the Redbourne 50/50 Club"

DB 11 November 2023

Mounted in the roadside wall between the village hall and Roughton Hall is this King Edward VII post box.

Jean Howard, February 2021

Built within the fabric of the roadside boundary wall of Roughton Hall are these two metal containers.

They are cast with "PT" (Peter Tapsell?) and GT (Gabrielle Tapsell?) at the top edge and the left hand one also has the words "ROUGHTON HALL" along the bottom edge.

They now seem to be sealed but would appear to have been for the delivery of letters and parcels.

Jean Howard, February 2021

"Roadside shelter, 1866"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359823 

Located next to the old school and directly opposite the churchyard. 

DB 19 May 2019

"Cross base. C14. Limestone ashlar. A square base block with beasts to the angles, the side panels being carved with the Symbols of the Evangelists in deep relief"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360612

Pevsner comments "Village Cross, w of the church, by the main road. Only part of the shaft, but a mighty base, carved with the signs of the Evangelists"

DB 20 August 2018

"This is one of 1000 mileposts funded by The Royal Bank of Scotland to mark the creation of the National Cycle Network"

A Millennium project on the line of the old railway, just off Lincoln Road, near Grid Reference SK927716.

DB 2020

A charming drinking trough for dogs on the west side of Northgate near the town centre.

The inscription reads:
"And whatten kind of folk will see
There's water for the doggies"

Ken Redmore 2011

Town sign, on the Grantham Road, repainted in 2018 by pupils of Kesteven & Sleaford High School.

DB 18 November 2019

A bench celebrating the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12 May 1937.

Situated midway between North and South Rauceby beside The Lodge. 

DB 2020

Bus Shelter celebrating the "CORONATION GEORGE VI 1937".

DB 2020

"THIS SHELTER WAS PRESENTED BY LT. COMM J.C. AMCOTTS TO THE PARISH, FOR USE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC USING THE BUS SERVICES"

"Lieutenant-Commander John Cracroft-Amcotts, DSC, DL, JP (3 January 1891 - 30 May 1956) was an English landowner, soldier and local politician, who served as Vice-Chairman of Kesteven County Council and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire ...

In 1931 he received Rauceby Hall and the connected estate by deed and gift".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cracroft-Amcotts 

DB 2020

At the corner of Park Lane & B1443.

DB 3 July 2019 

Village sign located near All Saints Church.

DB 22 December 2019

Church bell wheel symbol.

Level crossing and Railway Inn in the background.

DB 26 April 2018

Plaque on opposite side "To Commemorate the passing of the Olympic Torch through the village on the 4th July 2012".

Presumably the sign itself was put in place to celebrate the millennium - dated "MM".

DB 17 November 2018 

Bus shelter erected in 1950. Located next to the war memorial.

DB 8 March 2022

"ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF WILLOUGHTON IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF MRS DORA CARTER DIXON NICHOLSON THE WIFE OF CLIFFORD NICHOLSON ESQ OF WILLOUGHTON MANOR A.D. MCML"

DB 8 March 2022