shop. A local shop, which does not serve as a post office. Stickney publishes a monthly Stickney Parish Magazine. The Stickney War Memorial is dedicated to men from the village killed during World War I; their names are listed on the memorial. A photo of the memorial is shown at Genweb. Notable people Stickney was the home of Priscilla Biggadike, who in 1868 was charged and convicted of murdering her husband Richard by arsenic poisoning. They lived in a small two-room house with their five children and two lodgers. She testified that she had seen one of their lodgers, Thomas Proctor, putting a white powder into her husband's tea, and later into his medicine when Richard was being treated for a sudden attack of severe illness. At first, the two were both suspects, as they were rumoured to be having an affair. The judge in the case ruled that only Priscilla Biggadike should be prosecuted, and the jury quickly convicted her. She was executed in December 1868. Years later on his deathbed, Proctor confessed to sole responsibility for the murder of Richard Biggadike. The French poet Paul Verlaine taught French and drawing for several months in 1875 at William Lovell's School before moving to Boston. British missionary Mary Jane Lovell was born in Stickney in 1848. References External links Parish council Primary school Stickney History; stickneyhistory.co.uk William Lovell CE Secondary Modern School Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District