English Heritage sites near Maidenwell Parish
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
9 miles from Maidenwell Parish
The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
15 miles from Maidenwell Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
17 miles from Maidenwell Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
22 miles from Maidenwell Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
GAINSTHORPE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
27 miles from Maidenwell Parish
A deserted medieval village, one of the best-preserved examples in England, clearly visible as a complex of grassy humps and bumps.
THORNTON ABBEY AND GATEHOUSE
28 miles from Maidenwell Parish
Thornton Abbey’s enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest of all English Monastic gatehouses.
Churches in Maidenwell Parish
St. Olave, Ruckland
Unnamed Road
Ruckland
Louth
01790 752344
St. Olave's church, grade II listed, is said to be the smallest church in Lincolnshire and is dedicated to St. Olave (Olav) who was of Norwegian royal blood, the son of King Herald and Queen Aasta. Ruckland is the only church dedicated to him.
The church on this site previously measured 31ft long and 17ft wide but by 1880 it was evident that repairs to the church had become urgently necessary however it was decided that a complete rebuild was the only solution and Mr. William Scorer, architect of Lincoln, was engaged to plan the work.
The old church was completely demolished and the stones re-used to erect the present church on the same foundations. However as the Rector and the Churchwardens had not applied for a faculty to demolish the old church and rebuild, the new church was technically a secular building requiring rededication before it could be used. This was carried out by the Bishop of Lincoln at the time. This was carried out by the Bishop of Lincoln at the time.
There is a stone foliated cross set in the wall of the church which is part of a medieval coffin. The west wall incorporates a large prate wheel window.
No churches found in Maidenwell Parish