Wickenby

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title: "Wickenby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamlets-in-lincolnshire", "civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "west-lindsey-district"] description: "Hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/hamlets-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickenby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
static_image_name	St Peter and St Lawrence, Wickenby - geograph.org.uk - 105816.jpg
static_image_caption	Church of St Peter and St Lawrence, Wickenby
country	England
official_name	Wickenby
coordinates
population	217
population_ref	(2001)
shire_district	West Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
post_town	Lincoln
postcode_district	LN3
postcode_area	LN
os_grid_reference	TF087819
london_distance_mi	130
london_direction	S
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| static_image_name= St Peter and St Lawrence, Wickenby - geograph.org.uk - 105816.jpg | static_image_alt= | static_image_caption= Church of St Peter and St Lawrence, Wickenby | country = England | official_name= Wickenby | map_alt= | coordinates = | population= 217 | population_ref= (2001) | shire_district= West Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency) | post_town= Lincoln | postcode_district = LN3 | postcode_area= LN | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= TF087819 | london_distance_mi= 130 | london_direction= S

Wickenby is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 mi south-west from the town of Market Rasen.

The name 'Wickenby' derives from the Old Norse víkinga-býr meaning 'farm/settlement of Vikingr' or 'farm/settlement of the Vikings'.

Wickenby existed at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, when it consisted of fifteen households.

The parish church is a limestone Grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Lawrence and dating from the 12th century, although it was restored in 1868 by George Gilbert Scott. In the east wall of the south aisle is set a brass to Henry Millner, who died in 1635.

Wickenby railway station on the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension Railway, opened in 1848 and closed in 1965. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Broadbent_Theatre_-geograph.org.uk-_186629.jpg" caption="Broadbent Theatre"] ::

The former Free United Methodist Chapel, built 1878, was purchased in 1970 by the Holton Players who converted it into a 100-seat theatre, named Broadbent Theatre in memory of Roy Broadbent, father of the actor Jim Broadbent, who designed the conversion.

RAF Wickenby was a Second World War military airfield, opened in 1942. During the war as it served as an RAF Bomber Command station used by Nos. 12 and 626 Squadrons. The northern part of the runway has been used as a civilian airfield, Wickenby Aerodrome, since at least the 1970s. The southern part is disused, and the south-eastern end of the runway is occupied by a poultry farm.

References

References

1. "Wickenby". Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull.
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