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Anwick is a small village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated north-east from Sleaford, on the A153 between Sleaford and Billinghay, and south-east from the city and county town of Lincoln. ==History== Anwick is mentioned in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' as "Amuinc" and "Haniwic". The manor was in the Hundred of Flaxwell in Kesteven, and comprised 29 households with 5 villagers 3 smallholders and 21 freemen, and 6 ploughlands. In 1066 Lord of the Manor was Toki son of Auti; in 1086 lordship was transferred to Ralph, nephew of Geoffrey Alselin, and Drogo of la Beuvrière. Tenancy-in-chief of manorial land was part held by la Beuvrière and part by Alselin.〔( "Documents Online: Anwick, Lincolnshire" ); ''Great Domesday Book'', Folio: 360v, 369v; The National Archives. Retrieved 26 May 2012〕〔("Anwick" ), Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2012〕 Anwick was described in John Marius Wilson's 1870-72 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' as: a parish in Sleaford district, Lincoln; near the Sleaford canal, 4½ miles ENE of Sleaford r. station. Post Town, Sleaford. Acres, 1,820. Real property, £2,773. Pop., 277. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage annexed to the rectory of Brauncewell, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is good". In 1885 ''Kelly's Directory'' noted the parish as part of the Sleaford Poor Law Union. The principal landowner was The Marquess of Bristol. Chief crops were wheat, beans, barley, turnips and seeds (), in a parish area of . Population in 1881 was 348.〔''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, pp.281, 282〕 In June 2005 a Gatso speed camera that had been operating in the village for several years was shown in court to have been enforcing the wrong speed limit. The police had stated that the speed limit was 30 mph, yet the absence of street lighting meant it was actually 60 mph. Some 2,600 drivers had been prosecuted.〔(Speeding conviction overturned )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anwick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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