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Axholme Joint Railway Here we can see the ceremonial cutting of the first sod at Epworth for the Isle of Axholme Joint Railway line. It was cut by Miss Bletcher who was the daughter of the chairman of the company. The Railway ran from Marshlands junction near Goole to Haxey near Gainsborough. The total length…

St Oswald Church, Althorpe

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Althorpe Church The Church of St. Oswald in Althorpe was rebuilt in 1483 on the site of an earlier church. It was rebuilt by Sir John Neville, MP and Sheriff of Lincolnshire, in a perpendicular style. Carvings above the west window show shields bearing the arms of the Neville family quartered with those of the…