Claxby Pluckacre

Claxby Pluckacre

Hall Farm, Claxby Pluckacre
Claxby Pluckacre
 Claxby Pluckacre shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF304644
    London 115 mi (185 km)  S
DistrictEast Lindsey
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Boston
Postcode district PE22
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentLouth and Horncastle
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England
Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°09′40″N 0°02′59″W / 53.160995°N 0.049599°W / 53.160995; -0.049599

Claxby Pluckacre is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east from the town of Horncastle. The population is included in the civil parish of Wood Enderby.

Whilst Claxby Pluckacre is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, today it is considered a deserted medieval village with slight earthworks visible between Hall Farm and The Grange.[1][2]

Claxby Pluckacre once had a church dedicated to Saint Andrew, which fell down in 1748[3] and was never rebuilt. The last priest was instituted 1660-62.[4] Whilst nothing remains it can be seen as earthworks.[1]

Each year, in July, there is an annual pilgrimage to the site of St Andrew's Church. The Mareham le Fen Victory Silver Band provides the music for a service which commemorates the over 250 villages and hamlets lost in Lincolnshire over the past four centuries.

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Claxby Pluckacre DMV (354185)". PastScape. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. "Claxby Pluckacre SMV/DMV". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. "Claxby Pluckacre church registers". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Site of St Andrews Church". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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