Oxcombe

Oxcombe is a small village in the civil parish of Maidenwell in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) west from the A16 road, 6 miles (10 km) south from Louth and 6 miles north-east from Horncastle.

Oxcombe

All Saints' Church, Oxcombe
Oxcombe
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF311771
• London120 mi (190 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHORNCASTLE
Postcode districtLN9
Dialling code01507
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Oxcombe was previously a parish in its own right, although small; in the 1870s it comprised 27 people and 4 houses[1]

To the south of Oxcombe lies the parish of Worlaby and to the east, that of Ruckland.[2]

The parish name may have been derived from the Old English oxa+coomb which means ox valley.[2]

All Saints Church

Built in 1842 and attributed to the architect William Adams Nicholson of Lincoln.[3] The church is similar in style to other churches in the vicinity - Haugham, Raithby and Biscathorpe also by Nicholson. A small church, built in brick with an octagonal west tower, which also forms the porch to the church It has a two bay nave with a chancel with a three sided apse. The bell stage of the tower is an open stone lantern with cast-iron pinnacles. The interior of the church cottons a fine series of Monuments to the Grant family. The church was declared redundant in 1980 and is in the care of the Lincolnshire Old Churches Trust.

Oxcombe House

Also in the style of Nicholson. Built in 1845. Tudoresque, with mullioned and transomed windows. Buttresses crowned by turrets on either side of the porch.[3]

Literature
  • Antram N (revised), Pevsner N & Harris J, (1989), The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Yale University Press.

References
  1. Wilson, John Marius; Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-72.
  2. "Oxcombe (Oxcomb)"; Rootsweb Lincolnshire GenWeb Project. Retrieved 22 June 2012
  3. "Antram", (1989), 598-9.


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