| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Static image name | St Helen, East Keal - geograph.org.uk - 430623.jpg |
| Coordinates | 53.15216°N 0.057528°E |
| Civil parish | East Keal |
| Population | 366 |
| Shire district | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituency westminster | Louth and Horncastle |
| Post town | Spilsby |
| Postcode district | PE23 |
| Postcode area | PE |
| Os grid reference | TF376636 |
| London distance | 115 mi |
| London direction | S |
East Keal is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] It is situated approximately 13 miles (21 km) north from the town of Boston, 2 miles (3 km) south from the town of Spilsby, and is located on the southern most edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an National Landscape and marks the point where the Wolds gives way to the flat Lincolnshire Fens.
East Keal church is dedicated to Saint Helen, dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and is built in Early English and Perpendicular styles. It was extensively rebuilt in 1853–54 by Stephen Lewin but retains many of its original features.[2] It is a Grade II* listed building.[3] Edmund de Grimsby, later a prominent judge and Crown official, was parish priest here in the 1320s.
East Keal CE School was built as a parochial school in 1848. It reopened in 1874 as the East Keal National School, became a Junior School in 1950, and closed in 1968.[4]
The small village of Keal Cotes lies on the border of East Keal and West Keal.
The East Keal brickworks site was partially excavated by the archaeologist and folklorist Ethel Rudkin.[5]
References
- ^ "East Keal CP/AP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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- ^ "Church of St Helen, East Keal". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "East Keal CE School". Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ Brown, Theo (1986-01-01). "Obituary: Ethel H. Rudkin, 1893–1985". Folklore. 97 (2): 222–223. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1986.9716384. ISSN 0015-587X
External links
- "East Keal", Genuki.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2013