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Belton, North Lincolnshire

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Population
  
2,968 (2011)

Ceremonial county
  
Lincolnshire

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Dialling code
  
01427

Unitary authority
  
North Lincolnshire

OS grid reference
  
SE784069

Country
  
England

Local time
  
Thursday 6:29 PM

UK parliament constituency
  
Brigg and Goole

Belton, North Lincolnshire

Region
  
Yorkshire and the Humber

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 63% Humidity

Belton is a village and civil parish in the Isle of Axholme area of North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A161 road, and approximately 6 miles (10 km) east from Scunthorpe. To the north of Belton is the town of Crowle; to the south, the village of Epworth.

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Map of Belton, UK

Belton parish boundaries include the hamlets of Beltoft, Sandtoft, Churchtown, Bracon, Carrhouse, Mosswood, Grey Green and Westgate. Within the parish is the now dispersed country house estate of Temple Belwood. Hirst Priory at Sandtoft still stands.

According to the 1991 Census, Belton had a population of 2,549, increasing to 2,968 at the 2011 census.

Church

Belton Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to All Saints. The church is of perpendicular style. Within its chancel chapel is a 14th-century tomb, supposed to be that of Sir Richard de Belwood.

Sandtoft

Sandtoft was granted to the abbey of St Mary's York, c. 1150, by Roger de Mowbray, for the use of a single monk. By 1241, it had become a separate monastic cell, later annexed by the larger cell of St Mary Magdalene, Lincoln.

RAF Sandtoft, a former RAF Bomber Command airfield, closed in 1955 and has since been converted to other use, including for Sandtoft Airfield which is home to Sandtoft Flying School. The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, the largest trolleybus museum in Europe, is located on part of the site of the former air base.

Hirst and Temple Belwood

Grade II listed Hirst Priory is on or near the site of a monastic cell at Hirst. In the early 12th century the lands for the cell were granted by Nigel d'Albini to the Austin canons of Nostell Priory. The cell, which was extant until the 16th century, housed a single canon to oversee the priory's property and tithes. The house was built in the 18th century, with later additions in the 19th.

Temple Bellwood was a large house in 200 acres (0.8 km2) of parkland north of Belton. The land once belonged to the Knights Templar of Balsall, Warwickshire.

Amenities

Belton has a small primary school that has been in existence since 1869, and two public houses.

References

Belton, North Lincolnshire Wikipedia


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