Kelstern is a village in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Calcethorpe with Kelstern

Calcethorpe with Kelstern

Calcethorpe with Kelstern is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.The parish includes the hamlets of Calcethorpe to the south of Kelstern, and Lambcroft to the north...

, in the East Lindsey

East Lindsey

East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

 district of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England. The village lies north of the A632

A631 road

The A631 is a road running from Sheffield, South Yorkshire to Louth, Lincolnshire in England. It passes through the counties of South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The road has many towns on its route including Rotherham, Maltby, Gainsborough and Market Rasen. It is mostly single...

, 5 miles (8 km) north-west from Louth

Louth, Lincolnshire

Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...

 and 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east from Binbrook

Binbrook

Binbrook is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the B1203 almost 8 miles northeast of Market Rasen.Previously a larger market town, it now has a population of about 700....

. The parish includes the hamlets of Calcethorpe

Calcethorpe

Calcethorpe is a hamlet and deserted medieval village, or DMV, about west of the town of Louth, Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Calcethorpe with Kelstern....

 to the south of Kelstern, and Lambcroft to the north. The Calcethorpe with Kelstern parish is now incorporated into the larger grouping of the Binbrook Group of Parishes.

Kelstern Grade II listed parish church is dedicated to St Faith

St Faith

Saint Faith is a saint who is said to have been a girl or young woman of Agen in Aquitaine. Her legend recounts how she was arrested during persecution of Christians by the Roman Empire and refused to make pagan sacrifices even under torture. Saint Faith was tortured to death with a red-hot brazier...

 and is Early English in origin, but was restored in 1886.

Calcethorpe, with South Cadeby immediately to its south, is the site of lost medieval villages of the same names, managed by Defra to preserve wildlife.

To the east of the village are Bronze Age

Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...

 barrows.

In 1917 RAF Kelstern was established next to the village as a WWI airfield, and in 1942 became the WWII home to 625 heavy bomber Squadron

No. 625 Squadron RAF

No. 625 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.-History:The squadron was formed on 1 October 1943 at RAF Kelstern, Lincolnshire from 'C' flight of 100 Squadron. It was equipped with Avro Lancasters, as part of No...

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