Village and civil parish in South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England
Human settlement in England
Holy Trinity church, Gedney Hill
Gedney Hill is a village and civil parish in South Hollanddistrict of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 737. It is situated close to the border of Cambridgeshire, and approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Spalding, 8 miles (13 km) west of Wisbech and 9 miles (14 km) south of Holbeach.[2]
Community
The name Gedney is from the Old English 'gaeda+eg', or "island of Gaeda".[3]
In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted the existence of an 1859-60 built school, endowed with church lands and holding 100 pupils, agricultural production of wheat, oats, potatoes and beans, and the French Drove railway station.[4]
Gedney Hill Golf Club, designed by Charles Britton in 1989, has a 5257-yard parkland course of 18 holes.[6]
Gedney Hill Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.[7] Dating from the late 14th century, it was heavily restored in 1874-75 by James Fowler. The restoration included the entire rebuilding of the outer walls. The arcades are supported by octagonal oak piers, and the roof by Perpendicular-style tie-beams. The stained glass east window is by Ward and Hughes.[8][9] At the south of the churchyard, which also contains war graves of two airmen of the Second World War,[10] is a listed 15th-century cross, restored in 1918.[11]
The ecclesiastical parish of Gedney Hill is part of the Whaplode Drove Group of the Deanery of Elloe East. The 2013 incumbent is The Revd R J Morrison.[12]
Gedney Hill CE primary school is a Voluntary controlled Church of England school. The current (2013) Headteacher is Mrs A Buddle. The school's 2010 Ofsted inspection found it to be Grade 2 (Good) for "overall effectiveness".[16] The 2010 Diocese report stated that the school was "good" in its distinctiveness and effectiveness, leadership and management, and at meeting the needs of learners, with strengths in spiritual development and collective worship.[17][18]
References
^"Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^"Parish Council web site". Lincolnshire County council. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
^Mills, A.D. Oxford dictionary of British Placenames (2003 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9.
^Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 414
^Historic England. "French Drove and Gedney Hill Station (507009)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 March 2013.
^"Gedney Hill Golf Club", Golftoday.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2013
^Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 136; Methuen & Co. Ltd
^Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 537; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
^CWGC , War Graves:Cemetery Reportdetails from casualty record.