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Scopwick
and Kirkby Green are twinned with Sceaux-sur Huisne, Sarthe France.
Scopwick is a small
village, mid way between Lincoln and Sleaford in Lincolnshire,
East Midlands, England, with a population of about 1000. It is
recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a church & 6 mills.
The name derives from Old English and was originally Scapeuic
meaning the sheep farm. The main village church, Holy Cross also
contains the Commonwealth War Graves for the airmen from nearby
RAF Digby, including that of the young World War II poet and aviator
John Gillespie Magee. Just to the west of the village lies the
brick tower of Scopwick Tower Mill, which was built in 1827 and
fell into disuse around 1912. It has recently been renovated into
a private dwelling.
Kirkby Green is a
charming small village 12miles south east of Lincoln. Mentioned
in the Doomsday Book of 1086 the area has been occupied over 1,500
years. The name Kirkby, common in the former Danelaw region of
England, is derived from Old Scandanavian and Old English with
kirkju (church) & by (village) and here translates literally as
"village with a church on the green". Just beyond the Holy Cross
church, which stands on the site of a much older church which
was torn down in 1848, the road crosses Scopwick Beck by way of
this shallow ford.
The
twinning charter was signed at Sceaux-sur-Huisne on 30 April 1994.
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