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Parish
Church of Saint John the Baptist |
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The
Church of St John the Baptist which
dates back to the 1052 and has a
replica of Julian's Bower on the
floor of the south porch and in
the chancel window. John Oldrid
Scott restored the church in the
late 1880's & was
partly rebuilt by Thomas a Becket's
murderers. It is home to a functioning
Harrison clock.
Alkborough
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN15
9JF
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The
church of St John the Baptist is an ancient
edifice of stone in mixed styles, consisting
of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch
and an embattled western tower with pinnacles
containing a clock and 3 bells, on the
second of which is the inscription-
IESU FOR YI MODIR SAKE
SAVE ALL YE SAVLS THAT ME GART MAKE
The
font is Norman: the church was restored
and reseated in oak and the chancel rebuilt
in 1887 at a cost of £1,400: there
are 220 sittings. The register dates from
the year 1538. The living is a vicarage,
annexed to Whitton, net yearly value £250,
including 117 acres of glebe, with residence,
erected in 1871 at a cost of £2,000,
in the alternate gift of the Bishop of
Lincoln and J. Goulton-Constable esq.
and held since 1883 by the Rev Benjamin
Hunter BA of the University of London.
The tithes of Alkborough were amongst
the earliest endowments of the monastery
of Spalding when founded by the Sheriff
Thorold in 1052, and it was probably at
this time that the church was built.....[Entry
from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
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Wesleyan
Chapel |
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There
is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1840.
John
Wesley first
visited & preached in Alkborough in
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Methodist
Church |
Alkborough
Methodist Church
Front
Street
Alkborough
Scunthorpe
DN15
9JW
Scunthorpe Circuit
Services: Weekly on Sundays, mainly
6pm - very occasionally the services
are at 10.30am or 3pm, but only about
twice a year.
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Primitive
Methodist Chapel |
The
Primitive Methodist chapel, erected
in 1864. A reading room was formed for
the parish in 1882. An annual sum of
£6, derived from the sale of the
old almshouses, together with thirty-two
shillings, being a charge on the manor,
is distributed yearly at the discretion
of trustees.
....[Entry
From Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
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Cemetery
& Churchyard |
The
Anglican churchyard is now closed as
a cemetery.
In 1905 James Goultan-Constable
donated land for a new burial ground.
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Walcot
Chapel & Burial Ground |
The
Abbey of Peterborough had at one time
a chapel and burial ground
in Walcot.
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