Nocton

Nocton is a village 10 Kilometers (7 Miles) south of Lincoln in Lincolnshire within the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom.

Within the village there is All Saints Church, Nocton and a Post Office.

There is a large Hall, originally constructed for the Ellys family, which subsequntly burnt down in 1834, and rebuilt in 1841 for the 1st Earl of Ripon.

The US Army 7th General Hospital was based at Nocton Hall during World War Two.

RAF Nocton Hall was a 740 bed hospital under RAF control from the 1940s until 1984. Its was used by civilians and forces personnel until 1984 when it was leased to the USAF as a United States Air Force wartime contingency hospital.

During the Gulf War, over 1,300 US medical staff were sent to the Hall and many were billeted at RAF Scampton. Fortunately only 35 casualties had to be treated. In its later days 13 American personnel remained to keep the hospital serviceable.

RAF Nocton Hall was handed back to the British Government by the USAF on 30 September 1995. In unfortunately burnt down for a second time in 2003, a fire which reduced it to a shell.

The Ellys family were a noted dynasty. For example, Sir William Ellys of Nocton Hall, was solicitor-general to Oliver Cromwell.

Sir Richard Ellys of Nocton, Lincolnshire, in the first four decades of the eighteenth century, formed collection of books which eventually went to Blickling Hall in Essex by inheritance in the 1740's. It forms the core of the great library of some 12,500 books, which is now in the care of the National Trust

External links

• Nocton Hall fire
• Map sources for Nocton