West Lindsey Churches Festival, Lincolnshire: Postcode LN8

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Newton by Toft - St Michaels

St Michael’s church (Newton By Toft) by Alice Ginnelly

Additional to the printed brochure - but open for you to visit! St Michael's is a small festival church in Newton by Toft. A quiet area for prayer and reflection. St Michael's holds various events over the year.

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Postcode: LN8 3NF

Open: 17th - 18th May, Saturday & Sunday: Dawn to Dusk.

Photo: St Michael’s church (Newton By Toft) by Alice Ginnelly

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Sixhills • All Saints

Sixhills All Saints - Photo by Angela Montague at Push Creativity

All Saints church is a Grade II listed building standing in a picturesque location on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, with a wonderful view.

The village has associations with Gilbert of Semperingham through the Gilbertine Priory.

The church was rebuilt in the late 1860s-1875 by James Fowler of Louth. Light refreshments will be available throughout the day.

Postcode: LN8 3RL

Open: 17th-18th May - Saturday 10:30am - 4pm • Sunday 11am - 4pm

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Hainton • St Mary

Hainton St Mary, David Wright for Flickr CC BY 2.0

A church of Anglo-Saxon origins rebuilt in the 13th and 14th centuries and sympathetically restored in the 19th century.

The spire was suggested by Capability Brown when he redesigned the park.

Inside, there is a ‘nationally important’ series of absolutely stunning monuments to the Heneage Family.

From brass of 1435 to modern memorials of 1954, in varying styles all relating to a time span of one family.

Light refreshments available throughout the day.

Postcode: LN8 6LS,

Open 17-18th May, Saturday 10am-4pm • Sunday 10.30am-4pm

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Market Rasen - Holy Rood

Market Rasen - Holy Rood - photo by the church

This year we want you to enjoy our exciting display of angels which will vary from floral compositions to various mixed media creations. There’s a plant stall too.

We have our usual display of vestments including the centuries old Sixhills cope, texts, and silverware. Our organist will play at various times.

Light refreshments are available throughout both days.

On arrival you can have one of our guides give you a tour or feel free to wander round with your friends.

The church also has a webpage on the festival:

https://holyroodcatholicchurch.org.uk/churches-festival-2025/

Postcode: LN8 3BB

Open: 17th-18th May - Saturday 11am - 5pm, Sunday 12.30pm - 5pm

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Linwood - St Cornelius

Linwood - St Cornelius* Photo: Ashley Taylor, Push Creativity*

Home of the Lynwode Family, two brasses of National Importance dedicated to the family, birthplace of William Lynwood, author of Provinciale, consolidation of chancery law used as a reference worldwide.

The only church dedicated to St Cornelius with 13th stained glass windows, a medieval moat exists around part of the church.

A royal deer park was situated near the church. Grade one listed with grade two cross.

One of the few spired church towers in the county.

Postcode: LN8 3QQ

Open: 17th-18th May Saturday 10.30am - 4pm Sunday 10.30am - 4pm

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Wragby - Methodist

Richard Croft / Wragby Methodist church / CC BY-SA 2.0

A small 19th century Methodist Chapel. Inside we have an organ dedicated to the men and one woman who died during WWI and WWII. We are a warm and welcoming chapel, altered to suit our needs in the 21st century.

Postcode: LN8 5RA

Open: 17th-18th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 12noon - 4pm

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Tealby • All Saints

Gary Brothwell, Tealby All Saints, CC BY-SA 2.0

All Saints church is a beautiful Grade I listed building in a picturesque location in the Lincolnshire Wolds. It has wonderful views over the surrounding countryside.

The village has many connections with Alfred Lord Tennyson and the Tennyson family.

You can see information in the church, as well as many memorials in stone and stained glass.

We also have an interesting collection of needlepoint kneelers and a book about who made them and their connections with the village.

Postcode: LN8 3XW,

Open: 17th-18th May, Saturday 12noon - 3:30pm • Sunday 12noon - 3:30pm

Photo: Gary Brothwell, Tealby All Saints, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Kirkby cum Osgodby • St Andrew

Kirkby cum Osgodby • St Andrew by Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0

St Andrew’s church serves both Kirkby and the adjoining village of Osgodby which has never had an Anglican church of its own. It was built by 1160 and the tower and chancel are both 13th century.

The nave was rebuilt in the 19th and 20th century.

An interesting feature is the East window which is crooked on one side. No-one knows why.

Postcode: LN8 3PE

Open: 17-18th May, Saturday 10am-4pm • Sunday 10am-4pm.

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Brookenby - St Michael & All Angels

Brookenby - St Michael & All Angels by Ian S

A display of community crafting works will be displayed in the church to represent what the community workshops and church crafting workshops create. The Angels fully refurbished kitchen and café will be open along with the charity shop in the same building as the church.

Postcode: LN8 6ER

Open: 17-18th May, Saturday 10am-3pm • Sunday 10am-1pm

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Spridlington - St Hilary

Spridlington St Hilary's by Brian (Flickr) CC BY-SA 2.0

Enclosed by tall horse chestnut trees, St Hilary’s is an unusual late Victorian church designed by James Fowler of Louth in 1873.

Look for the high tower with saddleback roof, the stained glass windows (particularly the Nativity scenes in the West window) and the Victorian woodwork in the chancel.

The beautiful restored Thomas Nicholson organ is a point of interest.

Postcode: LN8 2DE

Open: 10-11th May, Saturday 11am - 4pm • Sunday 11am - 4pm

Photo: Spridlington St Hilary's by Brian (Flickr) CC BY-SA 2.0

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Saxby • St Helen

Saxby • St Helen
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The church and family mausoleum is believed to have been designed by Lancelot “Capability” Brown – built c1775 whilst working for Richard 4th Earl Scarborough. Brown designed several churches (including Compton Verney in Warwickshire and Combe D’Abitot in Worcestershire), whilst carrying out his landscape commissions on estates around the country. The church is a wonderful example of the classical style he used.

More on the Capability Brown connection here
http://brightwatergardens.co.uk/the-capability-brown-connection/

Postcode: LN8 2DH, click here to find on Google Maps

Open 13-14th May, Saturday 11am - 4pm • Sunday 11am - 4pm

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Owmby by Spital • St Peter & St Paul

David Wright, Owmby Church, CC BY-SA 2.0

A beautiful Norman church, entrance at the base of the partly medieval tower with belfry windows. This has three bells dating from 1687, one of which is in use.

12th century arcade separates nave from aisle, its pointed arches rest on large based pillars, some with ancient graffiti.

Entrance archway and font are Saxon. The capitals are decorated with bold leaf carvings. Chancel and stained glass window behind the altar are later editions.

Themed exhibitions ‘History of the villages and the churches' with items on loan from Lincoln Archives.

Postcode: LN8 2HN,

Open: 10-11th May, Saturday 10am - 5pm • Sunday 10am - 4.30pm.

Photo: David Wright, Owmby Church, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Glentham • St Peter & Our Lady

David Wright, Glentham Church, CC BY-SA 2.0

The front porch of our church is adorned with the Tournay Arms and a rare medieval ‘pieta’, a representation of the Virgin with the dead Christ across her knees.

We have stained glass by Whale and box pews.

Postcode: LN8 2EP

Open: 10-11th May, Saturday 10am-4pm • Sunday 10am-4pm.

Photo: David Wright, Glentham Church, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Bishop Norton • St Peter

Bishop Norton St Peter*

Grade II* listed St Peter’s sits in the heart of the village. It has three bells and a delightful stained glass East Window. There is a medieval tympanum in the tower wall, an ancient sarcophagus, a Joyce of Whitchurch clock and a 150 year old Nicholson organ. The lychgate is our War Memorial. Our theme is ‘Well Known Authors’.

Postcode: LN8 2BE

Open: 10-11th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm

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Market Rasen • St Thomas

Market Rasen St Thomas, copyright Ashley Taylor, Push Creativity*

Welcome, we hope you find our parish church a place of peace as well as of interest. Christians have worshipped on this spot for over 900 years. Please pick up a church guide showing points of interest.

In the Lady Chapel which was added 1877 as an extension for further seating, the face of a Green Man can be seen on the corbel, this image of pagan origin adopted for the Christian tradition was used for medieval decoration.

Postcode: LN8 3HL,

Open: 11-12th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 12noon - 4pm

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Wragby • All Saints

Ashley Taylor, Wragby All Saints, for the National Churches Trust

This fine Victorian church has a gallery, a rare organ, a medieval stoup and a fascinating bell tower including 15th century bells.

Fine stained glass windows depict ‘Faith, Hope and Charity.’

Postcode: LN8 5RA,

Open: 11-12th May, Saturday 10am-5pm • Sunday 10am-5pm.

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Thoresway • St Mary

David Wright, Thoresway, St Mary, CC BY-SA 2.0

St Mary’s nestles is a sleepy village among fields of sheep. It has a Romanesque arch from an original tower, 13th century arcades in the nave and seven floor stones dating from an earlier period.

There is an exhibition on the history and origins of the village together with stories of local residents and their lives.

A warm welcome awaits those who come to sample our homemade cakes and savouries, including our popular gluten free and vegetarian offerings.

Postcode: LN8 3UY

Open: 17th-18th May, Saturday 10am - 3pm • Sunday 10am - 3pm

Photo: David Wright, Thoresway, St Mary, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Stainfield • St Andrew

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‘Simply Stainfield St Andrews’ celebrates the rich heritage of this beautiful Queen Anne church set amidst picturesque parkland, on the site of a Benedictine nunnery.

The Viking Way passes by the church, reputed to be designed by Christopher Wren.

View the magnificent 18th century Tyrwhitt Tapestries, wonder at the local Wild Man legend, and contemplate the nunnery, church and village history in this tranquil setting.

Open gardens, homemade cakes, lunches and afternoon teas available at Hill House all weekend.

Postcode: LN8 5JJ

Open: 17th-18th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm.

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Snarford • St Lawrence

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Nothing about the rather unremarkable exterior of this small medieval church prepares you for the breath-taking surprise of the interior. St Lawrence has some of the most spectacular memorial sculptures in Lincolnshire.

The largest, from the 1580s, features lifesize figures of Sir Thomas St Paul and his wife, members of a dynasty of rich lawyer politicians, Sir Thomas reclines, dressed in armour with a gold chain round his neck, his wife lies beside him elegantly dressed with a ruff and headdress.

Nearby the Jacobean Sir George reclines with his formidable wife Lady France and their only child, the tragic Mattathia.

The church is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Their page on this church:

https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-lawrence-snarford.html

Postcode: LN8 3SL,

Open: 17th-18th May, Saturday 11am - 4pm • Sunday 11am - 4pm

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Rand • St Oswald

Rand • St Oswald by Ashley Taylor for the National Churches Trust

St Oswald’s is surrounded by a deserted medieval village site. Inside is a surprising number of notable monuments, both in brass and stone, dating from the 14th - 16th century.

Outstanding is a rare coped stone coffin lid, believed to date from between the 10th and 12th centuries. Information on church history, brass rubbing, cake stall.

Postcode: LN8 5NJ

Open: 17th-18th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm

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The rare coped stone coffin lid (photo Ashely Taylor)

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