Horncastle is a market town in Lincolnshire, England, 17 miles (27 km) east of the county town of Lincoln. Horncastle had a population of 6,815 at the 2011 Census.
Population: 6,226
Latitude: 53° 12' 27.90" N
Longitude: 0° 07' 1.92" E
Pan Am Flight 103 (involved in the Lockerbie bombing) was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport via London Heathrow Airport and New York JFK Airport that was destroyed b…
Lincolnshire (/ˈlɪŋkənʃər/ or /ˈlɪŋkənʃɪər/; abbreviated Lincs) is a historical county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the we…
Thor was the first operational ballistic missile deployed by the U.S. Air Force (USAF). Named after the Norse god of thunder, it was deployed in the United Kingdom between 1959 and September 1963 as an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) wit…
Louth and Horncastle is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Peter Tapsell, a Conservative.
Royal Air Force Coningsby or more simply RAF Coningsby (IATA: QCY, ICAO: EGXC), is a Royal Air Force station located 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south west of Horncastle, and 9.8 miles (15.8 km) north west of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.
The LN postcode area, also known as the Lincoln postcode area, is a group of thirteen postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of seven post towns. These postcode districts cover less than half of Lincolnshire, including Lincoln, Alford…
Cadwell Park is a motor racing circuit in Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) south of Louth.
Bolingbroke Castle is a ruined castle in Bolingbroke (or Old Bolingbroke) Lincolnshire, England.
The Belmont transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated next to the B1225, one mile west of the village of Donington on Bain in the civil parish of South Willingham, near Market Rasen and Louth in Lincolnshire, E…
Tattershall Castle is a castle in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) north east of Sleaford.
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth.
Wragby is a small town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated at the junction of the A157 and A158 roads, and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north-west from Horncastle and about 11 miles (18 km) north-…
Bardney is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village sits on the east bank of the River Witham and 9 miles (14 km) east from the city and county town of Lincoln.
Somersby is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west from Spilsby and 7 miles (11 km) east-north-east from Horncastle. The village lies in the civil parish of Greetham with Somersby …
Royal Air Force station Woodhall Spa or more simply RAF Woodhall Spa is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Coningsby, Lincolnshire and 16 miles (26 km) south east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
New York is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated in the parish of Wildmore in the Lincolnshire Fens, and on the B1192 road near Coningsby 11.5 miles (18.5 km) north from Boston. In the 2001 Census, New York'…
Royal Air Force Station East Kirkby or more simply RAF East Kirkby is a former Royal Air Force station near the village of East Kirkby, south of Horncastle in Lincolnshire, just off the A155. The Greenwich meridian passes through the base.
The Battle of Winceby took place on 11 October 1643 during the English Civil War near the village of Winceby, Lincolnshire about 4 miles (6 km) east of Horncastle.