{{Short description|Village in Lincolnshire, England}} {{Other uses|Six Hills (disambiguation)}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name= Sixhills Church - geograph.org.uk - 186073.jpg | static_image_alt= | static_image_caption= Church of All Saints, Sixhills | country = England | official_name= Sixhills | map_alt= | coordinates = {{coord|53.366604|-0.241632|display=inline,title}} | population= | population_ref= | shire_district= West Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= Gainsborough | post_town= Market Rasen | postcode_district = LN8 | postcode_area= LN | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= TF170869 | london_distance_mi= 135<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction= S }} '''Sixhills''' is a village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about {{convert|3|mi|km|1}} south-east from Market Rasen. It lies just south of the A631 between Market Rasen and Ludford. It is in the civil parish of North Willingham.
The Church of All Saints was designed by James Fowler (1869 and 1875).<ref>{{NHLE |num=1359515 |desc=Church of All Saints |accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref>
==Gilbertine nunnery== The village was the site of a former nunnery of the Gilbertine Order, founded in the 12th century.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lincs/vol2/pp194-195 |chapter=Houses of the Gilbertine order: The priory of Sixhills |title=A History of the County of Lincoln |volume=2 |editor=William Page |pages=194-105 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |date=1906 |accessdate=10 July 2024 |via=British History Online}}</ref> At the behest of Edward I, Gwladys ferch Dafydd was sent there where she remained until her death in 1336.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Successors |url=http://www.princesofgwynedd.com/characters-the-successors.html |website=Princes of Gwynedd |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613013840/http://www.princesofgwynedd.com/characters-the-successors.html |archivedate=13 June 2013 |accessdate=10 July 2024}}</ref> A Scottish princess, Christina Bruce, was also imprisoned there from 1306 to 1315.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Sixhills}} * [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38034 The Priory of Sixhills at British History Online]
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Category:Villages in Lincolnshire Category:West Lindsey District Category:Gilbertine nunneries
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