| Quadring | |
|---|---|
 St Margaret's Church, Quadring | |
  Quadring Location withinLincolnshire | |
| Population | 1,339 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TF225330 |
| • London | 95 mi (153 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Spalding |
| Postcode district | PE11 |
| Dialling code | 01775 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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Quadring is a small village andcivil parish in theSouth Holland district ofLincolnshire. It lies on theA152, 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east ofGosberton, and 2 miles south-east ofDonington.
The village includes the community of Barholme to its south-west. To the east of Quadring isQuadring Eaudike,[2] and to the west isQuadring Fen.[3] Nearby to the west is thePeterborough to Lincoln Line. The A152 (as Main Road within the village) transects Quadring and provides links toSpalding,Boston,Donington andGosberton.
The village name is derived from theOld English "cwead+haefer+ingas" (Muddy settlement of Haefer),[4] and is recorded in theDomesday Book of 1086 asQuadheveringe andQuedhaveringe.[5]
The Grade Ilisted village church,[6] dedicated toSt Margaret of Antioch,[7] lies atChurch End, north of, and separate from, the village. Mainly an example ofPerpendicular architecture, it was rebuilt in 1872.[8]
Other listed buildings include a Grade II cottage, house, granary, coaching house, farm, and farm house.[9]
The local school is the Quadring Cowley and Brown's primary school.
Previously Quadring had threepublic houses, a butcher, fishmonger, blacksmith, a slaughterhouse, and several pig farms. One of the public houses, The Black Bull was to the left of the Post Office; another, almost opposite the Post Office, was The Red Cow, which closed in 2002 and is now an Indian restaurant. Remaining is a village store (that serves as a post office), and The White Hartpublic house on Town Drove.
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