Alkborough
Sign in to saveAlkborough is a parish of 471 people in 192 households (2021 census) in North Lincolnshire, England, located near the northern end of The Cliff range of hills overlooking Trent Falls, the confluence of the River Trent and the River Ouse.
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Place details
- Locality
- Alkborough
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 458
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Alkborough village sign on Walcot Road.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Alkborough village sign on Walcot Road
- UK place.official_name
- Alkborough
- UK place.population
- 471
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Lincolnshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Scunthorpe
- UK place.post_town
- Scunthorpe
- UK place.postcode_district
- DN15
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Lincolnshire
- Population
- +458
- Shares border with
- Whitton
- Official website
- www.alkboroughwalcotparishcouncil.gov.uk
- Image
- Alkborough village sign on Walcot Road.JPG
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Article
29 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Neolithic
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Roman
- Medieval
- Wartime
- Bombing range
- Defensive structures
- Governance
- Population history (1801–2001)
- Conservation Area
- Geography
- Alkborough Flats
- Walcot
- Landmarks
- Julian's Bower
- Countess Close
- St John the Baptist Church
- Possible Thomas Becket connection
- Alkborough tower mill
- Walcot Hall
- Kell Well
- Low Wells
- Apex Light
- Image gallery
- References
- External links
Alkborough is a parish of 471 people in 192 households (2021 census) in North Lincolnshire, England, located near the northern end of The Cliff range of hills overlooking Trent Falls, the confluence of the River Trent and the River Ouse.
Alkborough, with the hamlet of Walcot about south, forms a civil parish which covers about . The village was once thought to be the location that the Romans called Aquis, but that name is now usually associated with the town of Buxton in Derbyshire (Aquis Arnemetiae).