Harpswell is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 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. It lies just west off the junction of the A631 and B1398, 12 miles (19.3 km) north of Lincoln.

According to the 2001 census Harpswell had a population of 65.

Nearby RAF Hemswell

RAF Hemswell

RAF Hemswell was an airfield used by RAF Bomber Command for 20 years between 1937 and 1957 and saw most of its operational life during World War II. Later used by RAF Fighter Command as a nuclear ballistic missile base during the Cold War it closed to military use in 1967...

 was called Harpswell airfield when it first opened in 1916.

The parish church of St Chad's

St Chad's Church, Harpswell

St Chad's Church, Harpswell, is a parish church in the Church of England in Harpswell, Lincolnshire.-History:The ancient church of St Chad in the village of Harpswell, about 12 miles north of the city of Lincoln, was established c...

 has an Saxon

Anglo-Saxon architecture

Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England, and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for roofing...

 tower and was restored around 1890. It is a Grade I listed building.