| Deeping St James | |
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  Deeping St James Location withinLincolnshire | |
| Population | 6,923 [1] |
| OS grid reference | TF150095 |
| • London | 80 mi (130 km) S |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PETERBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | PE6 |
| Dialling code | 01778 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Deeping St James is a large village in theSouth Kestevendistrict ofLincolnshire, England. The population of thecivil parish (includingFrognall) was reported as 7,051 at the 2011 census.[2]
Based around a now lost 12th-centuryBenedictine Priory, destroyed during theDissolution of the Monasteries,[3] theGrade I listedAnglican church of St James[4] is the largest church inThe Deepings. It is a mixture ofNorman,Early English andPerpendicular styles,[5] with a tower and spire added in 1717.[6][7] The stones from the priory were used to build various 17th-century buildings in the area.[citation needed]
The village also has an 18th-centuryvillage lock-up, constructed on the site and with the materials from a 15th-century wayside cross.[8]
In the 17th century the manor was associated with the Wymondsold family of Welbeck Place, Putney, Surrey andEast Lockinge, Berks.[9]
St James Deeping railway station, built by theGreat Northern Railway Company in 1848, was closed in 1964.[10]
Although the separate cut for theStamford Canal did not start until upstream of Market Deeping, Briggin's lock (or the Deeping High lock) was an important part of the Welland Navigation, and is still in place but is not navigable.
Deeping St James lies 1 mile (1.6 km) east fromMarket Deeping, to which it is conjoined, and on theRiver Welland, at the centre of rich sedimentary agricultural land on theB1166 andB1162 roads. With a population of 6,923 in 2,837 households, it is the largest ofThe Deepings parishes.[11] It falls within thedrainage basin of the Welland and DeepingsInternal Drainage Board.[12]
Theparish church of St James is part of the Elloe WestDeanery of theDiocese of Lincoln. The 2013 incumbent is The Reverend Sonia Marshall.[13][14] There is also theCatholic church of Our Lady and St Guthlac, and aMethodist and twoBaptist chapels. WithSt Guthlac's church inMarket Deeping, these comprise the Churches Together in Deeping group.
The Deepings School, the main secondary school for the Deepings area, is located on Park Road. The school is next to the former Deepings Leisure Centre which permanently closed down in 2021.
The village has threepublic houses, Chinese restaurants andtakeaways, a pizza restaurant, garage, home care provider, bakery/tea room, a garden railway specialist, and three computer systems companies.
Resident at Deeping St James is three-timeBDO World Champion and three-timeWorld Masters darts championMartin Adams. In 2015 he was granted the freedom of Deeping St James by the local parish council.[15] ComposerPhilip Spratley is also a resident.
A short-livedgreyhound racing track was opened at the rear of Bundle Farm on 13 June 1931. The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body theNational Greyhound Racing Club) and was known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks.[16] Racing was every Tuesday and Saturday.[17]
The village is notable for a significant assemblage of ceremonial regalia, including crumpled copper-alloy crowns and a bowl, dating to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD. Evidence suggests that seasonal ceremonies related to agriculture and the periodic flooding of the river may have taken place here, with locals possibly wearing the crowns performing these rituals.[18]
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