{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}} {{Multiple issues| {{Original research|date=July 2011}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2011}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = All Saints, Canwick - geograph.org.uk - 95153.jpg | static_image_caption= Church of All Saints, Canwick | country = England | official_name= Canwick | map_alt= | coordinates = {{coord|53.213617|-0.527127|display=inline,title}} | population= 324 | population_ref= (2011) | shire_district= North Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= Sleaford and North Hykeham | post_town= Lincoln | postcode_district = LN4 | postcode_area= LN | dial_code= 01522 | os_grid_reference= SK984695 | london_distance_mi= 115<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction= S }} '''Canwick''' is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 324.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121617&c=Canwick&d=16&e=62&g=6446752&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461576102031&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|accessdate=25 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> It is situated {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} south from Lincoln.
The village overlooks the Witham Valley, where the River Witham follows an ice-age cut through the jurassic limestone ridge which forms the spine of the county.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}
== History == Canwick has been continuously occupied since Saxon times (the name derives from "Canna’s Farm" or "Canna’s Place" in Anglo-Saxon),{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} but there was a significant villa here in the Roman period.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI60463&resourceID=1006 |title=Romano-British Artefact Scatter, Washingborough Road |publisher=Heritage Gateway |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>
Canwick Anglican church is dedicated to All Saints. The fabric dates from the 12th, 14th and early 18th centuries, and the building was restored in the 19th century.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1205100 |desc=Church of All Saints|access-date=10 July 2011}}</ref> It is a Saxon-era foundation, but was significantly improved by the same Norman bishops who built Lincoln Cathedral. The church is built on a Roman tesselated pavement, parts of which were found in 1815, when a vault for the Sibthorp family was being dug in what is now the vestry, and it was also found below the floor of the tower in the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canwick-village.co.uk/index.php/canwick-church |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202151912/http://www.canwick-village.co.uk/index.php/canwick-church |archive-date=2 December 2020 |url-status=live |title=All Saints Church Canwick |publisher=Canwick Village}}</ref> A coin of the first Christian Emperor Constantine has been found in the churchyard. The church patronage is held by the Mercers Company, oldest of the London city Livery Companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14600/about-us/ |title=All Saints' Church Canwick |publisher=A church near you}}</ref>
Canwick Hall was the seat of the Sibthorp family from the 17th to the 20th century, with the present structure being erected in 1810. Family members included the botanist John Sibthorp and several MPs, including Colonel Sibthorp. Having already angered Queen Victoria by his opposition to an allowance for her consort Prince Albert, he went on to declare that the Prince's Great Exhibition project would bring the plague to England. The Hall was later home of Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool from 1939 to his death there in 1941.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}
New housing development took place in Canwick during the 1960s{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} and the 2001 United Kingdom census records 339 inhabitants and 150 households. Canwick is a civil and an ecclesiastical parish.
==Canwick Hill== Canwick Hill stands to the west of the village and forms a steep incline with a gradient of roughly 14.2%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Segment Details for Canwick Hill |url=https://veloviewer.com/segment/1634608/Canwick+Hill |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=VeloViewer |language=en}}</ref> The hill is the site of the International Bomber Command Centre.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 January 2024|title=International Bomber Command Centre gets National Lottery funding |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-67917912 |work=BBC News|access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Canwick}} * {{URL|1=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Canwick/|2="Canwick"}} Genuki.org.uk; retrieved 10 July 2011 * {{URL|1=http://www.canwick.org|2=Canwick Parish Council web site}} * {{URL|1=http://www.canwick-village.co.uk|2=Canwick village web site}} * {{URL|1=http://www.canwick.org/church.htm|2=Canwick All Saints Church}} * {{OpenDomesday|SK9869|canwick|Canwick}} *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/62404.html Map of the parish] at MapIt
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Category:Villages in Lincolnshire Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Category:North Kesteven District Category:Areas of Lincoln, England Category:Lincoln Urban Area