Horkstow
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Horkstow is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, south-west from Barton-upon-Humber, south from South Ferriby and north from Brigg. It lies on the B1204, and east from the navigable River Ancholme. It is one of the five "Low Villages" – Worlaby, Bonby, Saxby All Saints, Horkstow and South Ferriby – between Brigg and the Humber estuary, so-called because of their position below the northern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Horkstow was previously part of Glanford administrative district, and before that, the North Lindsey division of Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
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- Locality
- Saxby All Saints
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Lincolnshire
- Population
- 134
- Image
- Horkstow Hall - geograph.org.uk - 282374.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01652
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- OS grid reference
- TA01982069
- postal code
- DN18
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- Horkstow
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Parish church
- Listed buildings
- The Horkstow Roman Pavement
- See also
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Horkstow is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, south-west from Barton-upon-Humber, south from South Ferriby and north from Brigg. It lies on the B1204, and east from the navigable River Ancholme. It is one of the five "Low Villages" – Worlaby, Bonby, Saxby All Saints, Horkstow and South Ferriby – between Brigg and the Humber estuary, so-called because of their position below the northern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Horkstow was previously part of Glanford administrative district, and before that, the North Lindsey division of Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
==History== A 4th-century Roman mosaic, part of the Horkstow Roman villa, was first discovered in 1797.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horkstow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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