Crowland

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Crowland


Image:Lincolnshire outline map with UK.png Image:Red pog2.svg Crowland shown within Lincolnshire
Population	3,607 (Parish)
OS grid reference	TF2410
District	South Holland
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PETERBOROUGH
Postcode district	PE6
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Holland and The Deepings
European Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°40′37″N 0°10′08″W / 52.6768, -0.1688

Crowland (modern usage) or Croyland (medieval era name and the one still in ecclesiastical use) is a small town in south Lincolnshire, England, positioned between Peterborough and Spalding, with two major sites of historical interest. One is the unique fourteenth Century three-sided bridge, Trinity Bridge, which stands at its central point, which used to be the confluence of three streams, the other is its ruined mediaeval Croyland Abbey, founded by Saint Guthlac in the eighth century. The Croyland Chronicle, an important source for medieval historians, is believed to be the work of some of the monastery's inhabitants.

From 1894 the parish, being the only part of the Peterborough Rural Sanitary District in Lincolnshire, formed the Crowland Rural District on its own. This was merged into Spalding Rural District under a County Review Order in the 1930s. It now forms part of the South Holland district.

The town boasts two schools (primary and secondary), the latter named after the abbey's founder.