English Heritage sites near Skendleby Parish
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
6 miles from Skendleby 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.
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
13 miles from Skendleby Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
16 miles from Skendleby 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).
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
28 miles from Skendleby Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
32 miles from Skendleby Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
CREAKE ABBEY
33 miles from Skendleby Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
Churches in Skendleby Parish
St Peter & St Paul, Skendleby
Stone Pit Lane
Skendleby
Spilsby
01790 752344
St. Peter & St. Paul's church at Skendleby is listed in the Domesday survey of 1086, when the profits of the church went to Bardney Abbey as part of its great estates.
Much of the present fabric dates to the 13th century, particularly the local greenstone chancel. The church was restored in 1876 and a recently discovered early pre-restoration photograph has helped us to understand the changes made at that time.
The interior of the church features a large and much admired stained glass west window, one of only two Ascension windows in the deanery. There is a fine medieval font, circled with bosses of foliage, animal heads and one male human head - a definite portrait - maybe of the sculptor themself?
The roof of the church was completely renewed in 2012, after a long campaign of fund raising and obtaining of grants. The final flourish was recently added - with the replacement of the newly re-gilded cockerel weathervane on top of the tower roof.
Pubs in Skendleby Parish
Blacksmiths Arms
A traditional country pub, dating back to the 18th century, nestling on the SE edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Ducking beneath the low door lintel, fortunately well-padded, you discover the gem of a small quarry-tiled snug, complete with ra...