Sleaford

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Sleaford
One of the buildings of the former malt house
One of the buildings of the former malt house
Coordinates 53 ° 0 ′  N , 0 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 0 ′  N , 0 ° 25 ′  W
OS National Grid TF064455
Sleaford (England)
Sleaford
Sleaford
Residents 17,359 (as of 2011)
administration
Post town SLEAFORD
ZIP code section NG
prefix 01529
Part of the country England
region East Midlands
Shire county Lincolnshire
District North Kesteven
British Parliament Sleaford and North Hykeham
Website: http://www.sleaford.gov.uk/

Sleaford is a city in England , United Kingdom . It is located in the county of Lincolnshire on the River Slea southeast of the city of Lincoln .

The administrative seat of the North Kesteven district had 17,359 inhabitants in the 2011 census and is predominantly agricultural.

history

There is evidence of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Sleaford, near Quarrington .

The place is first mentioned in a document in 1072; Fourteen years later, the Domesday Book states that Sleaford has a priest and a church. Around 1130, Alexander, the third bishop of Lincoln, built a castle here. Between 1135 and 1140, King Stephen gave Bishop Alexander a charter to hold a fair on October 9, the anniversary of Saint Dionysius , to whom the church was dedicated.

In the 19th century Sleaford was characterized by a lively cattle, grain, butter and poultry trade with 4965 inhabitants (1881).

Attractions

  • St. Denys Church
  • The Hub, a former granary, now an arts and crafts exhibition center
  • Various iron sculptures in Southgate, Sleaford's main street
  • Historic restaurants on Southgate ("Bull an Dog", "White Hart", "Victoria")
  • Little Time House on the River Slea
  • Carre's Hospital Almshouses, built in 1830 and 1844
  • Navigation Yard, former port area for small ships and barges with stables for tow horses ; Navigation House (built around 1700), now a museum dedicated to Seaford's shipping
  • Sleaford College, formerly a shipping warehouse
  • Haverholme Priory monastery ruins

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Others

  • 22-20s is a rock band from Sleaford named after the song "22-20 Blues" by Skip James .
  • A partnership with the French city of Marquette-lez-Lille has existed since 1999 .
  • A partnership with the German community of Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf has existed since 2009 .

Web links

Commons : Sleaford  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Brinkhoff: Sleaford (Lincolnshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom). In: citypopulation.de. November 23, 2016, accessed September 1, 2017 .