Oxcombe
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| Oxcombe | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Oxcombe | |
  Oxcombe Location within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF311771 |
| • London | 120 mi (190 km) S |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HORNCASTLE |
| Postcode district | LN9 |
| Dialling code | 01507 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Oxcombe is a small village in the civil parish of Maidenwell, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) west from the A16 road, 6 miles (10 km) south from Louth and 6 miles north-east from Horncastle.
Oxcombe was previously a parish in its own right, although small; in the 1870s it comprised 27 people and 4 houses[1]
In 1931 the parish had a population of 47.[2] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Maidenwell.[3]
To the south of Oxcombe lies the parish of Worlaby and to the east, that of Ruckland.[4]
The parish name may have been derived from the Old English oxa+coomb which means ox valley.[4]
Built in 1842 and attributed to the architect William Adams Nicholson of Lincoln.[5] The church is similar in style to other churches in the vicinity - Haugham, Raithby and Biscathorpe also by Nicholson. A small church, built in brick with an octagonal west tower, which also forms the porch to the church It has a two bay nave with a chancel with a three sided apse. The bell stage of the tower is an open stone lantern with cast-iron pinnacles. The interior of the church cottons a fine series of Monuments to the Grant family. The church was declared redundant in 1980 and is in the care of the Lincolnshire Old Churches Trust.
