St Botolph's Church is an Anglican place of worship in the village of Quarrington, part of the civil parish of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England. By the time Domesday Book was compiled in 1086, a church in Quarrington was part of Ramsey Abbey's fee, and around 1165 it was granted to Haverholme Priory. The right to present the rector was claimed by the Abbey in the 13th century, by the Bishop of Lincoln in the early 16th century, and by Robert Carre and his descendants after Carre acquired a manor at Quarrington. The oldest parts of the current building date to the 13th century, although substantial rebuilding took place over the following century. Renovations followed and the local architect Charles Kirk the Younger carried out restoration work in 1862 and 1863, when he added a chancel in his parents' memory. The church consists of a tower and spire with a nave and north aisle spanning eastwards to the chancel. With capacity for 124 people, the church serves the ecclesiastic parish of Quarrington with Old Sleaford. Recognised for its age and tracery, the church has been designated a grade II* listed building.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1493:

Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Dudum siquidem, the last of the Bulls of Donation, marking the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudum_siquidem

1580:

The Golden Hind (replica pictured) sailed into Plymouth, England, as explorer Francis Drake completed his circumnavigation of the globe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hind

1917:

World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood, part of the Battle of Passchendaele, began near Ypres, Belgium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Polygon_Wood

1942:

The Holocaust: Nazi official August Frank issued a memorandum setting out how the belongings of murdered Jews were to be disposed of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Frank

2010:

Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Linda_Norgrove

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

pie in the sky: A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept; the illusory promise of a desired outcome that is unlikely to happen. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pie_in_the_sky

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent If the unheard, unspoken Word is unspoken, unheard; Still is the unspoken word, the Word unheard, The Word without a word, the Word within The world and for the world; And the light shone in darkness and Against the Word the unstilled world still whirled About the centre of the silent Word.       O my people, what have I done unto thee. Where shall the word be found, where will the word Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence   --T. S. Eliot https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot