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For thrill seekers,
watch the spectacular
annual AMCA
motocross beach
racing.
Check out our
What’s on section on
pages 42-45 for further
details and many
more events!
H M S Royal Arthur. More popularly know as
Butlins.
• In 1526, a disastrous flood wiped out the entire
settlement at Skegness.
• In 1873, the first rail line was built to
Skegness, prompting a population
explosion.
• St Paul’s Baptist Church Beresford
Ave built in 1874 to seat 700
chapel worshiping East Midland
holiday visitors.
• Henry 4th was born at Bolingbroke.
The Castle ruins remain there
to visit.
• William of Wainflete, Bishop of Winchester
and Lord Chancellor of England founded
Magdalen College Oxford, he also built a
school at his birthplace Wainfleet.
• While it would be quite unremarkable in
Lambeth, for example, in Wainfleet, it is astonishing.
The 19 houses of Barkham Street
have a romantic - and possibly fanciful
- history. In the 18th century, much of
Wainfleet, an agricultural town that
was the hub for many farms, was
owned by Sir Edward Barkham, of
the East India Company However,
in the 1840s, some of the Wainfleet
properties were in poor repair and
the tenants asked to be rehoused. It
has been suggested, probably romantically,
that the Bethlehem Estate Office drawer
marked “W” , and instead of Wapping appearing,
Wainfleet was mistakenly picked.
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