Eagle, Lincolnshire
Coordinates: 53°11′38″N 0°41′20″W / 53.193900°N 0.68877451°W
| Eagle | |
 All Saint's church, Eagle | |
 Eagle shown within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK 87700 67115 |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | North Kesteven |
| Ceremonial county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lincoln |
| Postcode district | LN6 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency) |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Eagle is village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) miles south-west from Lincoln and 2 miles (3.2 km) east from North Scarle, in the civil parish of Eagle and Swinethorpe.
Eagle Grade II listed Anglican church, dedicated to All Saints, is of 13th century origin. It was rebuilt in the 18th century and again in 1904.
The village has a primary school, post office, village hall, park, nursing home, playing field, and The Struggler public house.
Geography
The village main road is High Street, running roughly north-east to south-west. To the north of High Street the road to Scarle branches off towards the west; in the centre of the village Thorpe Road branches off towards the south-east. Church Lane on the west side of the village is a horseshoe loop joining High Street at both ends. Older maps show Green Lane, now a footpath, roughly parallel to High Street on its east.
There are three small housing estates: Falcon Close off Thorpe Lane, built in the 1960s; Hilltop Close off Scarle Lane, built in the 1970s; and Kestrel Rise off the southern High Street, built in the 1980s.
The areas and hamlets adjacent to the village are: Eagle Moor, north-east; Eagle Hall, south-west; and Eagle Barnsdale, south-east. The nearest villages are: Swinderby, south; North Scarle, west; and Thorpe on the Hill, east.
History
The name of the village originates from the Old English Aycle, translated as 'Oak wood'.
Eagle appears in the Domesday Book, which shows that in 1086 following the Norman Conquest, the landowners of the village were: Roger of Poitou (property formerly by Arnketill Barn), Durand Malet, Odo the Crossbowman (land formerly owned by Gunnketill), and Countess Judith (land formerly owned by Earl Waltheof of Northumbria). Eagle had a church and a priest. Countess Judith's manor had a value of £12. Countess Judith was a niece of King William I of England – she was the daughter of his half-sister Adelaide of Normandy and her husband Lambert II, Count of Lens. She was also the widow of Earl Waltheof of Northumbria (1072-75, the last of the Anglo-Saxon Earls of England) who she had betrayed over his part in the Revolt of the Earls, and who was executed in 1076.
A preceptory of The Knights Templar was founded in Eagle by King Stephen. In 1312 it passed to the Hospitallers and became one of only two infirmaries for Templars in England. Stephen's original endowment included the manor of Eagle and the churches of Eagle, Swinderby and Scarle.
Lincolnshire preceptories
Until their disbandment in 1312, the Knights Templar were major landowners on the higher lands of Lincolnshire where they had a number of preceptories on property which provided income while Temple Bruer was an estate on the Lincoln Heath, believed to have been used also for military training. The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were:
See also
References
External links
Media related to Eagle, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons
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