Torksey
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| District : | West Lindsey | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 18 ′ N , 0 ° 45 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 8m ASL | ||
| Area : | 44.58 km² (ward) | ||
| Residents : | 551 | ||
| Population density : | 40.81 inhabitants / km² (ward) | ||
Torksey is a parish (parish) and an administrative district (ward) on the western border of the English county of Lincolnshire in the district of West Lindsey . The place Torksey is on the east bank of the River Trent . The 2001 census found 551 residents for the parish and 2,342 for Torksey County.
history
Torksey was mentioned as Tionvulfingacester and Turkseige as early as the early Middle Ages . From the middle of the 10th to the middle of the 12th century, Torksey was one of England's great pottery centers. Archaeological finds of the pottery made here are classified as Torksey ware. In 872/73 Torksey served the Great Army , a Danish Viking army that plundered the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in order to finally conquer them, as a winter camp. In 1645 Torksey Castle, a mansion south of the village, was burned down during the Civil War .
Attractions
The ruins of Torksey Castle lie on the banks of the Trent on the southern edge of the village . This is a mansion from 1560 that was destroyed during the English Civil War (1642–1649). Royalist troops burned the manor house in August 1645. Only the west facade and part of the rear wall are still preserved. Building materials are mainly brick that has been faced with limestone blocks. The floor plan before the destruction was square, with flanking turrets that divided the facade and corners.
At Torksey the old railway line from Sheffield to Lincoln crosses the Trent. The line was closed in 1959, but the bridge, built in 1849, was placed under protection as a monument. It is one of the very first box girder bridges . Its builder, the railway engineer John Fowler (1817-1898), later also built the cantilever bridge over the Firth of Forth , which is still in use today and is considered extremely stable, and two railway bridges over the Severn in Coalbrookdale and Upper Arley, which both - also in box girder construction - are still in use today.
Surroundings
Near Torksey on the other side of the Trent, and thus in Nottinghamshire , is the Cottam Power Station, a coal-fired power station with 2,080 MW output, which was built in 1969.
Foss Dyke , England's oldest still usable canal, begins south of Torksey . It was built by the Romans in AD 120, connects the Trent and Witham rivers and runs from Torksey to Lincoln.
Sports
North of Torksey is Lincoln Golf Club, which has been based here since 1903.
