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Remains of Kirkstead Abbey Church.

Stixwould is three miles to the south, and was, like Stainfield, a nunnery. It was founded by Lucia the first, the wife of Ivo Taillebois. Nothing is left of it; but in the parish church are some stone coffins, a good parclose screen, used as a reredos, and a remarkable font, whose panels, bearing emblems of the Evangelists and of the first four months of the year, are divided by richly carved pinnacles with figures of lions and flowers. Near by is Halstead Hall ("Hawstead"), a fifteenth century moated house of the Welby family, from which Lincoln, Boston, and Heckington are all visible.