Human settlement in England
| East Keal | |
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 Church of St Helen, East Keal | |
  East KealLocation within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 366 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | TF376636 |
| • London | 115 mi (185 km) S |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Spilsby |
| Postcode district | PE23 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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East Keal is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 13 miles (21 km) north from the town of Boston, 2 miles (3 km) south from the town of Spilsby, and is located on the southern most edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an National Landscape and marks the point where the Wolds gives way to the flat Lincolnshire Fens.
East Keal church is dedicated to Saint Helen, dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and is built in Early English and Perpendicular styles. It was extensively rebuilt in 1853–54 by Stephen Lewin but retains many of its original features. It is a Grade II* listed building. Edmund de Grimsby, later a prominent judge and Crown official, was parish priest here in the 1320s.
East Keal CE School was built as a parochial school in 1848. It reopened in 1874 as the East Keal National School, became a Junior School in 1950, and closed in 1968.
The small village of Keal Cotes lies on the border of East Keal and West Keal.
The East Keal brickworks site was partially excavated by the archaeologist and folklorist Ethel Rudkin.
References
- "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- "East Keal CP/AP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- Historic England. "Church of St Helen (354160)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- "Church of St Helen, East Keal". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- "East Keal CE School". Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- Brown, Theo (1 January 1986). "Obituary: Ethel H. Rudkin, 1893–1985". Folklore. 97 (2): 222–223. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1986.9716384. ISSN 0015-587X.
External links
Media related to East Keal at Wikimedia Commons- "East Keal", Genuki.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2013
