Moortown is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 within 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 South Kelsey

South Kelsey

South Kelsey is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the B1205 between the A15 and Caistor.According to the 2001 census the village had a population of 571.South Kelsey has an Anglican church, St...

 in the West Lindsey

West Lindsey

West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District...

 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

England

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. It is on the B1205 between the A15 and Caistor

Caistor

See Caistor St Edmund for the Roman settlement in Norfolk or Caister-on-Sea for the town in NorfolkCaistor is a town and civil parish situated in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. As its name implies, it was originally a Roman castrum or fortress...

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Location

Moortown is situated approximately five miles from the market town of Caistor

Caistor

See Caistor St Edmund for the Roman settlement in Norfolk or Caister-on-Sea for the town in NorfolkCaistor is a town and civil parish situated in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. As its name implies, it was originally a Roman castrum or fortress...

, seven miles from Brigg

Brigg

Brigg is a small market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in 2,213 households . The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east-west transport routes across northern Lincolnshire...

 and 15 miles from Grimsby

Grimsby

Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...

Transport links

Over the years Moortown has had pretty poor transport links. In years gone by there was a Victorian railway station (opposite the Skipworth Arms pub) from which trains to the city of Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

 or fishing town of Grimsby

Grimsby

Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...

 could be caught. The irregular and limited public transport means that residents generally depend on their own means of travel.

Day	Departure Time	Destination
Monday	11.03am	Tesco Store (Brigg)
Wednesday	11.03am	Tesco Store (Brigg)
Thursday	9.53am	Morrisons Store (Scunthorpe via Brigg)
Thursday	9.58am	Brigg
Friday	11.03am	Tesco Store (Brigg)

Village Amenities

Moortown does not possess a village shop, a school or any other typical village feature. However there is a pub (The Skipworth Arms) a campsite, telephone box, bus shelter and a letterbox.

The nearest Primary school is situated in North Kelsey

North Kelsey

North Kelsey is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 959. Also within the parish is the small hamlet of North Kelsey Moor, once the site of North Kelsey railway station. It is near Caistor...

 and the nearest secondary schools are in Caistor

Caistor

See Caistor St Edmund for the Roman settlement in Norfolk or Caister-on-Sea for the town in NorfolkCaistor is a town and civil parish situated in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. As its name implies, it was originally a Roman castrum or fortress...

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The Golden Jubilee

In the year 2002 a residents committee decided to mark the event with special celebrations. As part of this, fundraising was set up to provide family entertainments/sports events with prizes in the daytime and a hog roast/ceilidh in the evening on the Jubilee Day itself free to all village residents. It was also decided by the residents of the village to erect a permanent memorial to mark the Golden Jubilee. This final decision (made by the residents of the village via a questionnaire distributed to all households) was that a decorative village name sign would be erected and the most appropriate location was decided to be at the crossroads next to the existing Silver Jubilee bench. This was designed, made and erected by residents of the village with the help of skilled local craftsmen. Funding was not sufficient to pay for both the materials and the carver/artist and so committee members/residents provided the post/ base materials / perspex and brass plaque / labour etc at their own expense to ensure that the project was successful.
The brass plaque was added to the base to show that this was erected to commemorate the Golden Jubilee.