South Willingham
| South Willingham | |
 St Martin's Church, South Willingham |
|
  South Willingham |
|
| Population | 160 (2011)[1] |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | TF195833 |
| – London | 125 mi (201 km) S |
| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Market Rasen |
| Postcode district | LN8 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Louth and Horncastle |
|
|
Coordinates: 53°20′00″N 0°12′21″W / 53.333360°N 0.20591°W
South Willingham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west from the A157 road, 8 miles (13 km) south-east from Market Rasen, 10 miles (16 km) north from Horncastle and 10 miles west from Louth.
South Willingham is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Ulingeham".[2]
South Willingham Grade II listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Martin.[3] The church, built of greenstone, was rebuilt in 1835, but the Perpendicular style tower and screen remain. In 1964 Pevsner noted a 1571 paten cover by John Morley.[4][5]
Other Grade II listed buildings include four cottages and two farm houses[6]
The village had both a Wesleyan and a Free Methodist chapel,[7] both now converted to other use.
South Willingham was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway branch line from Bardney to Louth. The station closed in the 1950s.[8]
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ↑ "Documents Online: South Willingham", The National Archives. Retrieved 2 November 2011
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Martin (1359955)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 334; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire pp. 372, 373; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
- ↑ "Listed Buildings in South Willingham", British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 28 June 2011
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 708
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 217. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
External links
Media related to South Willingham at Wikimedia Commons- "South Willingham", Genuki. Retrieved 28 June 2011
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
