Belchford
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Belchford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately north of Horncastle and just to the east of the A153. At the 2011 census, the population of the parish was 255.
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- Locality
- East Lindsey
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 255
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Belchford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately north of Horncastle and just to the east of the A153. At the 2011 census, the population of the parish was 255.
== History == The village's history dates back to the Romans and the Vikings. In 1536, during the Reformation, the vicar of Belchford was hanged, drawn and quartered for treason, after leading a rebellion against the crown.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belchford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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