Scopwick

Scopwick is a small village and civil parish in the district of North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) south from Lincoln.

[2][3] The village cemetery includes a War Graves site for airmen from RAF Coleby Grange and RAF Digby (originally RAF Scopwick), and includes the grave of the nineteen-year-old Second World War poet and aviator John Gillespie Magee, who wrote the celebrated poem ‘High Flight’.

A Saxon coin found in the village depicts Offa and has been dated to 757–796 AD.

[5] A limestone stream runs through the village toward Kirkby Green and terminates near the railway.

Wildlife on the stream includes moorhen, mallard, water mint and hart's tongue fern.

Grave of John Gillespie Magee