All Saints, Eagle, has an Early English tower. The rest was built in 1903-04 to the design of J. T. Lee.

Mark Acton, 2016

The nave and chancel of 1904 replaced a delapidated structure of the Decorated period at a cost of almost £2000.

October 2016

Another view of the church from the southeast in the autumn sunshine.

October 2016

Looking east towards the altar. Chancel was rebuilt 1903-4 and has C20 fittings.

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A closer view of the sanctuary.

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"The Rood Screen was given in memory of Walter Baldock, former Schoolmaster of Eagle. He died in1935"

https://eagle-swinethorpe.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/parish-information/saints-church/1 

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"To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Walter Baldock who died 7th April 1935"

Kelly's Directory 1919 has "Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1878, for 100 children; Walter Baldock master" 

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Standard left by one of the Bailiffs of Eagle.

Kelly's Directory notes "Here was once a Commandery of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, founded by King Stephen; it was the infirmary of the Order, and had revenues estimated at the Dissolution at £124. There are sufficient remains to interest an archæologist. The office of Bailiff of Eagle in the English branch of the Order is now held by Sir John Prescott Hewett G.C.S.I., K.B.E., C.I.E."

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Banner of a Former Bailiff of Eagle and Chancellor of the Order of St John between 1967 and 1978, Sir Gilbert Inglefield GBE TD.

http://www.lincskt.org/ZEagleCurch.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Inglefield 

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 "The Pulpit and Choir Stalls were carved at the School of Carving under the direction of Rev. T.R. Seddon of Chelmarsh, Salop and were a gift from the Ladies of the Manor"

https://eagle-swinethorpe.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/parish-information/saints-church/1 

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Inscriptions in the glass read :-

"LORD BE MERCIFUL TO ME A SINNER" and "PRO FIDE PRO UTILITATE HOMINUM"

Google Translate renders the Latin phrase as "IN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE".

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Detail of inscription chancel east wall.

"Nave, north aisle, south porch and chancel rebuilt 1903-4 by J T Lee"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061994 

Sir Charles Seely (11 August 1833 - 16 April 1915) was a British industrialist and politician. He was also a Knight of Grace Order of St John of Jerusalem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Seely,_1st_Baronet 

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"IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF PRIVATE MAJOR HERBERT  BEAN WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY, IN FRANCE. AUG 15TH 1917. AGED 24 YEARS.

FOR MANY YEARS THE TRUSTED FRIEND AND SERVANT OF THE REV G.W. SMITH AND FAMILY, BY WHOM THIS TABLET IS ERECTED

"HE DID HIS DUTY SIMPLY, NOBLY, AND DOING IT HE DIED"."

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/92269 

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"SACRED TO THE MEMORIES OF SAMUEL RUSSELL COLLET, ESQRE OF SWINETHORPE, SON OF SAMUEL COLLET, ESQRE OF WORCESTER, AND ARMELAH RUSSELL, OF DUNSWATER, HEREFORDSHIRE, HIS WIFE. BORN AT WORCESTER IN 1770, AND DIED ON THE 26TH APRIL 1850, AGED 79.

ALSO OF ANNE, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF JEREMIAH CURTEIS, ESQRE OF RYE, SUSSEX. BORN NOVEMBER 14TH 1771 AND DIED 16TH SEPTEMBER 1854, AGED 82.

ALSO OF ANNA RUSSELL, THEIR ONLY CHILD, WHO DIED MAY 7TH 1811, AGED 11

ALSO OF THEIR TWO OLD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS WHO DIED IN THEIR FAMILY. EDWARD PITT, APRIL, 1843, AGED 90; AND ANN PEARKES, JULY, 1852, AGED 89.

THEIR NAMES ARE PLACED ON THIS TABLET AND THEY WERE ALSO BURIED IN THE SAME GRAVE IN THIS CHURCHYARD, BY THE EXPRESS DESIRE OF THEIR MASTER AND MISTRESS.

"BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD""

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Looking up to the chancel roof.

"The Coloured Shields affixed to the bosses and roof in the chancel represent the cross of the Order of Saint John (the Maltese Cross) and the victory of the Cross over the Crescent"

https://www.lincskt.org/ZEagleCurch.html 

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"In Memory of ...

The crew of R.A.A.F. Handley-Page Hampden AD783

Died at Eagle on the 13th February 1942

Remembered with honour"

Dedicated on 13th February 2022.

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"The avenue of Lime Trees was a gift and was planted in 1926"

http://www.lincskt.org/ZEagleCurch.html 

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The entrance arch was erected in 1920 as a World War I memorial.

The inscription reads: 'They have passed through the valley of the shadow of death and entered the life eternal'

October 2016

Looking east towards the chancel.

Kelly's Directory 1930 reports :-

"The church of All Saints is a small structure of stone in the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle and a tower containing 5 bells:

the church, which had been for some years in a state of decay, was thoroughly restored in 1904, the nave, north aisle and chancel being entirely rebuilt:

other extensive alterations were also made, the total cost amounting to nearly £2,000:

at the entrance to the church an archway was erected in 1920 as a memorial to the men of the district who fell in the Great War:

there are now 130 sittings.

The register dates legibly from the year 1588, but there are one or two pages of entries of much older date.

The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £350, with residence, erected in 1882, in the gift of the Rev. Charles H. C. K. Kirk M.A. and held since 1923 by the Rev. William Dangerfield Shepperd M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford"

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Looking west.

White's Directory 1872 before the church was largely rebuilt reported :-

"The Church (All Saints) is a small tiled fabric, consisting of an ancient nave, a brick chancel, south porch and a square tower containing three bells.

It contains a neat mural tablet, in memory of the late Samuel Russell Collett, Esq., of the Jungle, Swinethorpe, and his wife.

The living has been augmented with Queen Anne's Bounty, and had a yearly modus of £8. 2s. 11d., in lieu of vicarial tithes, which has been purchased and invested in land.

The benefice is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £3. 5s. 10d., and now at £126 per annum, in the gift of Thomas Boot Colton, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Walter John Clarke, of Swinderby. The great tithes have been purchased by the landowners"

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One of several corbels along the nave carrying symbols of religious significance.

Presumably this was part of Lee's early 20th century scheme.

October 2016

"12C arcaded font"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061994?section=official-list-entry 

"Around the basin a miniature arcade of interlacing round arches has been cut down to within a few inches of the bowl"

http://www.lincskt.org/ZEagleCurch.html 

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Early C20(?) lectern.

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"IN LOVING MEMORY OF ELIZABETH BROWN WHO DIED APRIL 26TH 1881, AGED 52.

ALSO OF WILLIAM BROWN, HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED JUNE 4TH 1906, AGED 84.

"PEACE, PERFECT PEACE.""

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"To the dear memory of my beloved husband THOMAS COLTON of Brighton. Lord of the Manor, of Eagle and only Son of the late Thomas Boot Colton of Eagle Hall and Brighton. Died July 1st 1899, aged 32 years"

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"The Pulpit and Choir Stalls were carved at the School of Carving under the direction of Rev. T.R. Seddon of Chelmarsh, Salop and were a gift from the Ladies of the Manor"

https://eagle-swinethorpe.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/parish-information/saints-church/1 

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Looking east.

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Northeast corner of the aisle.

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Looking west towards the Benefactions Board.

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"Private H Bean’s Battlefield Cross ... His original wooden cross from Adinkerke Military Cemetery"

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/92267 

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The bequest of Thomas Unyon (or Onyon) was still supporting the village elementary school for at least 150 years.

October 2016

Does the stonework displayed either side of the Benefactions Board come from the top part of the cut down font?

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A fragment of a late tenth century or eleventh century cross shaft with cable-moulded borders and interlaced patterning.

October 2016

"Roll of Honour ...

for King and Country" 

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/92334 

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A list of Vicars and Curates displayed in the northeast corner of the aisle. Starting with an unnamed priest in 1085 and finishing in 1967 with Edric George Close.

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"EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1918.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" 

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/92270

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"The Organ was built by Cousans of Lincoln and dedicated on May 1950"

https://eagle-swinethorpe.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/parish-information/saints-church/1 

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Plaques attached to the organ case. 

"COUSANS SONS & CO. CITY ORGAN WORKS, LINCOLN."

"Tuning and Maintenance by Aistrup and Hind Organ Builders Ltd Lincoln 01522 526289"

"RESTORED BY COUSANS WITH DONATIONS FROM THE FOUNDATION FOR SPORT AND THE ARTS AND THE LORD OF THE MANOR OF EAGLE MARCH 1997"

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13C west tower. Porch rebuilt 1903-4 by J T Lee.

Tower clock "was formerly in St. Mark's Church, Lincoln"

http://www.lincskt.org/ZEagleCurch.html 

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"13C west tower, with single pointed window at ground floor.

Paired 13C, bell openings and tiled hipped roof"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061994 

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Looking upwards from the base of the tower.

"There is a peal of Six Bells. The original five bells were restored and a new tenor bell added and dedicated on September 14th, 1946, to mark the end of World War Two"

http://www.lincskt.org/ZEagleCurch.html 

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A framed listing of the bells displayed in the base of the tower.

One note reads "This Bell was accidentally broken by J.B. Fenton when sounding with a hammer the clapper having fallen at a Wedding in 1857"

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"The school was built in 1878, and opened as Eagle Board School by the Eagle United District School Board, formed in 1877.

It became Eagle Council School in 1903 and Eagle County School c.1947.

It was known as Eagle County Primary School prior to September 1999, since when the present title has been used"

https://www.lincstothepast.com/EAGLE-COMMUNITY-PRIMARY-SCHOOL/716787.record?pt=S 

DB 30 July 2018

This remarkable building in Harby Lane dates from the 1820s. It was built by Samuel Russell Collett who created a zoo on the site.

The frames of windows and doors in Gothic pointed shape are made from crude oak branches.

The Jungle is listed Grade II*

T R Leach Collection, 1972

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire states that William Willerton was landlord in 1876.

No other public houses listed but William Hebblewhite was a beer retailer. 

DB 30 July 2018

The early 19C farmhouse has been listed together with its walls, gate and railings.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165136 

DB 30 July 2018

The red-brick chapel in High Street was built for the Wesleyan Methodists in 1903. It closed in 1981 and has been converted to residential use.

October 2016

"A List And Brief Details Of Chapels In The Lincoln Circuits Past And Present" prepared by Colin Shepherdson (Revised October 2000) states :-

"i) Services commenced in 1804 and a chapel was erected in 1841. The building later became a joiner's workshop but has since been demolished.

ii) The foundation stone for the new High Street chapel was laid in June 1903. The chapel closed in 1981, put up for sale in 1982 and is now a dwelling, 'Chapel House'"

Geoff Swain Collection 2 July 1993