Washingborough church and cross.

Undated postcard by G.H. Robinson of Heighington.

Washingborough railway station opened in 1846 and closed to passengers in 1940.

The Ferry Boat Inn had the rights to the ferry service across the Witham.

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Washingborough Ferry over the River Witham was close by the railway station which stood on the bank.

This was the Lincoln to Boston line, now a cycle track.

This is the earlier of two chapels standing side by side on Main Road; it was built in 1857 and was retained for use as the Sunday school.

January 2017

Washingborough is a large village 3 miles south east of Lincoln.

It lies on the River Witham where much evidence of Bronze Age settlement has been found.

This is a view looking down High Street towards Main Road.  The Ferry Boat Inn is a little way down the street on the left. 

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Washingborough Medieval Cross stands outside the church gates. It was restored as a First World War Memorial.

The cottage in the background was taken down in the 1950s.

The Lincoln to Boston line was opened in 1848 as part of the Great Northern Railway's Lincolnshire Loop Line.

Built alongside the River Witham, this was one of those stations on the line which had a ferry.

Seen here in 1971 the station had lost its goods and passenger services in July 1940. Despite this in this view taken 31 years later the platforms were intact.

Now part of the long distance cycling and walking trail, the "Water Rail Way", the platforms, and the buildings seen here still survive.

Peter Grey Archive, 1971

The tower and nave are Early English (though the crown of the former is Perpendicular). The chancel is Decorated. Much, though, was restored by Gilbert Scott around 1860.

Pevsner thought his clerestory was 'to be regretted'. High Victorian choir stalls came from the demolished St Martin, Lincoln.

Locked with no key-holder information.

Mark Acton, 2018

An earlier view of the church from much the same position.

Peter Kirk Collection, 1989

These were probably the last thatched houses in Washingborough.

The view looks south with the Hunter's Leap pub immediately on the left, at the top of Oak Hill.

This chapel, also built for the Free Methodists (later the United Methodists), was erected in 1882.

Additional rooms and "modern facilities" have been added over the years.

January 2017