Answers to Placename Quiz
1. A raptor's digit? - HORKSTOW
(A village close to the Humber where an important Roman mosaic pavement was discovered in 1796. It also the location of a very fine early (1834) suspension bridge over the New River Ancholme, designed by Rennie)
2. Coining it - MINTING
(Close to the geographical centre of the county, its popular pub/restaurant has the unusual name, The Sebastopol.
3. Mrs Pickles and Jeremy - MABLETHORPE
(This popular seaside resort (Tennyson was a regular visitor) once had two churches, but, as with many east coast settlements, one was lost to the sea in the 16th century.)
4. Apparently angry but fit - ROTHWELL
(In the heart of the northern Wolds this is a good example of a closed village, i.e one dominated by a single landowner (the Nickersons, in recent times).)
5. Massed wagons - WAINFLEET
(A tiny town between Skegness and Boston, but once an important port. Bishop Waynflete of Winchester was born here and in 1484 founded and built the local school, a very fine early brick building.)
6. Super beer - RIPPINGALE
(Close to the A15 in the south of the county, a large and attractive village, though no longer containing a school.)
7. Seaman quick with sound purchase - SALTFLEETBY
(Three adjacent parishes (St Helen, St Peter and All Saints) in the Lindsey marsh close to the sea carry this name. The local pub, The Prussian Queen, recalls a wrecked vessel off the coast.)
8. Safe place for a cart - BARROW HAVEN
(Barrow on Humber is a large village on the northern edge of the county, with brick and tile making as a major industry. Barrow Haven is a small, separate community on the river; here was a large motte and bailey castle.)
9. A Century by a Royal Engineer - SAPPERTON
(A small and attractive stone-built village in the limestone uplands in the south-west of the county. The C17 Old Manor House is particularly noteworthy.)
10. Carried - BOURNE
(A market town on the A15 between Sleaford and Stamford, but no longer served by the rail network. The fine church was part of the Augustinian priory founded in 1138. There are earthworks of C11 castle. Famous sons include Frederick Worth (couturier) and Raymond Mays (racing car driver and designer).)
