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Winceby
Winceby
	Site of Winceby Battlefield
	Winceby Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF321681
• London	120 mi (190 km) SSW
Civil parish	Lusby with Winceby;
District	East Lindsey;
Shire county	Lincolnshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Horncastle
Postcode district	LN9
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency);
	List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°11′40″N 0°01′25″W / 53.194365°N 0.023489°W

Winceby is a village in the civil parish of Lusby with Winceby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.^[1] It is in the Lincolnshire Wolds, and about 5 miles (8.0 km) from both Horncastle and Spilsby.^[2] In 1971 the parish had a population of 24.^[3] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished to form "Lusby with Winceby".^[4]

The village is notable for the (Civil War) Battle of Winceby, which took place in 1643, when the Royalist army was defeated by the Roundheads at "Slash Hill".^[5]

There is a church, St Margaret's, and a garage. The village is very close to the Snipe Dales nature reserve and country park, owned by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

References

^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 122 Skegness & Horncastle (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319229392.
^ "Population statistics Winceby AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ "Horncastle Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ "Battle of Winceby". battlefieldstrust.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

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