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Linear village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England

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Stickney is a linear village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It was an ancient parish in Lincoln County. Its population has increased since late 20th century immigration and is 1127 as of 2011.

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches east to Eastville with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,357.

Stickney is situated at the centre of the Lincolnshire Fens, 8 mile (13 km) north of Boston and 10 mile (16 km) south east of Horncastle. The A16 road runs through it. The village postal address is Boston, although Stickney is not situated within Boston Borough. The village is on a main bus route between Spilsby and Boston, which runs along the A16. It used to be served by an east–west railway line, but this closed in 1970. A transmitting station is located near Stickney Camp Site to the north.

The place name 'Stickney' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Stichenai. The name means 'stick island', and is thought to refer to the linear shape of the village between two streams. The nearby Stickford similarly means 'stick ford'. Stickney has been chiefly an agricultural community. The ancient 13th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Luke and is a Grade II listed building. A new chancel was built in 1853 and the rest of the church was restored in 1855. The tower was partly taken down in 1887 because of deterioration, but rebuilt in 1900. Stickney Church of England Primary School serves local children. Some progress to regional grammar schools, and others to the William Lovell Church of England Academy, the former William Lovell Secondary School, on Main Road. Lovell had established a free school in the parish in 1678. After the school was enlarged in 1879, pupils began paying an annual fee of £1 in 1881. British missionary Mary Jane Lovell was born in Stickney in 1848.