Sedgebrook

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Area 0.15 sq mi (0.39 km) OS grid reference SK856380 Country England Shire county Lincolnshire Dialling code 01949		Population 355 (2011) Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom District South Kesteven

UK parliament constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham

Sedgebrook is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A52 road, 6 miles (9.7 km) west from Grantham. Village population is about 375, reducing at the 2011 census to 355.

Map of Sedgebrook, Grantham, UK

History

Sedgebrook is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Sechebroc in the wapentake of Winnibriggs. Robert Malet and three mills were noted. Sechebroc means "Brook where sedge grows", from OE secg "sedge" and brôc "a brook"

The parish church of St Lawrence is a largely 15th-century building, with an early 13th-century north arcade and a 14th-century chancel arch. A pamphlet history of the church was published in 1980 and republished in 1990. The church is the only Grade I listed building in the village. Sedgebrook Manor House is Grade II* listed. There are three other houses and two architectural features listed as Grade II.

The church shares a priest with Foston, West Allington and Long Bennington.

The Grantham Canal passes 1.5 miles (2.4 km) SW of the village. It opened in 1797 but closed in 1936. A voluntary society formed in 1969 has restored parts of the canal for recreational use. The towpaths form a long-distance walk, as does the Viking Way, passing about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the west of the village, known here as Sewstern Lane.

Newbo Abbey was sited between Sedgebrook and Barrowby in the 12th century

The wartime RAF Bottesford airfield lies 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of the village.

Census information

1086 – 27 villagers. 5 smallholders.

1841 – 249 people listed, average age 25, youngest 1 month, oldest 75, occupations (occurrences):

1851 – 279 people listed, average age 26, youngest under 1 month, oldest 87, occupations:

1861 – 268 people listed, average age 27, youngest 1 month, oldest 83, occupations (occurrences):

Sedgebrook Manor House

The Manor House is sometimes known as Sedgebrook Hall The earliest known owners of the Hall were the Markhams in the 15th century.

Owners

c. 1400 – John Markham

1716 – Sir John Thorold during much of the 19th century. Although the Thorolds owned the manor house, they did not occupy it. It was used as a dairy farmhouse and was tenanted.

1842 – John and James Wing

1851 – James Webb Wing

1856 – William Monks

1868 – George William Robinson

1885 – George Kemp

1900 – Edward Baker

1905 – William Baker

1913 – Samuel Yarrad

1928 – Duncan Douglas Stuart Carter

1931 – Colonel G. C. Buxton, who rented it to Lady Mountgarrett during the Second World War

1931 – Also listed is a Miss Ellen Carter.

late 1950s – Mr and Mrs Beddington

1968–present – Lady Caroline Stuart (now Lady Ogilvy)

Events

1922 – The estate was offered for sale, then withdrawn.

1954 – Announcement of the sale of Sedgebrook Manor, the residence of Col. G. C. Buxton – a small period house in 34 acres.

In 1851 there was a public house in the village called the Red Cow.

Government

Sedgebrook is in the Sleaford and North Hykeham constituency and currently represented in the House of Commons by Stephen Phillips, who is a member of the Conservative Party

Geography

The village lies in the north of the Vale of Belvoir, beside Foston Beck, a tributary of the River Witham. Adjacent villages are Barrowby, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east; Muston, 1.75 miles (2.8 km) west; Bottesford, 3.25 miles (5.2 km) west-north-west; and Allington, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north. The village is overlooked by Belvoir Castle, 3.5 miles to the south-west.

Transport

The A52 trunk road between Grantham and Nottingham bypasses the village; the stretch of the A52 from Bottesford to Barrowby is an accident blackspot. The nearest junction on the A1(M) motorway between Grantham and Newark is at Foston, 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north.

The Nottingham to Grantham railway line passes close to the village, and crosses Allington Road. Sedgebrook railway station closed in 1956. The nearest station today is at Bottesford, which has services to Nottingham, Grantham and Skegness.

Two bus routes, one between Grantham and Radcliffe on Trent, the other between Grantham and Bitchfield, service the village.

Education

Sedgebrook had its own primary school up until 1981, when the building was closed and the school amalgamated with that of Allington.

Sedgebrook also had at one time a grammar school. This was erected in 1882, and in 1908 there were 75 boys attending. By 1913 it was a secondary school for the surrounding area. It was absorbed into The King's School, Grantham, probably in 1919.

References

Sedgebrook Wikipedia

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