Historic churches · East Midlands
South Willingham
In or near Hainton.
South Willingham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and partly within the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, . It is situated 1 mi
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
South Willingham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and partly within the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, . It is situated 1 mile (2 km) south of the A157 Lincoln to Louth road, 15 miles (24 km) west of Lincoln, where the central Lincolnshire Vale and the Lincolnshire Wolds meet. Its population was 160 at the 2011 census, down from a maximum of 341 in 1851. Much of the village formed part of the Heneage Estate; Hainton Hall is a mile north of the village. At South Willingham is Belmont transmitting station, the second tallest structure in the UK. The geology under the village is unusually complex with four separate bedrocks located within the parish. Sand, gravel and clay have all been quarried in the parish; the clay pit supplied a brickworks in the Victorian era.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Lincolnshire Wolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
South Willingham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and partly within the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, . It is situated 1 mile (2 km) south of the A157 Lincoln to Louth road, 15 miles (24 km) west of Lincoln, where the central Lincolnshire Vale and the Lincolnshire Wolds meet. Its population was 160 at the 2011 census, down from a maximum of 341 in 1851. Much of the village formed part of the Heneage Estate; Hainton Hall is a mile north of the village. At South Willingham is Belmont transmitting station, the second tallest structure in the UK. The geology under the village is unusually complex with four separate bedrocks located within the parish. Sand, gravel and clay have all been quarried in the parish; the clay pit supplied a brickworks in the Victorian era.
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Background
History
There are four bowl barrows at the east of the parish adjacent to the B1125 High Street; two within the parish boundary, and two just outside with one each in Gayton le Wold and Burgh on Bain (at ). The latter appears in Historic England's 2021 Heritage at Risk report. These Bronze Age burial mounds date from 2400 to 1500 BC. Aerial photographs and early OS Maps show evidence of further barrows, now destroyed, north-east from Inns Farm which is north-west from the village on Hainton Road close to the neighbouring parish of Hainton. A Royal Observer Corps nuclear monitoring post was installed in the bowl barrow on the High Street, close to the junction with the Donington Road in 1959.…
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- Coordinates
- 53.3334, -0.2059
- County
- Lincolnshire
- District
- East Lindsey
- Parish
- South Willingham
- Postcode
- LN8 6NJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
Sources
- wikipedia: South Willingham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is South Willingham?
- South Willingham is in Lincolnshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LN8 6NJ), in the parish of South Willingham.
- What is South Willingham?
- South Willingham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and partly within the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, . It is situated 1 mi
- How do I get to South Willingham?
- Drivers can use postcode LN8 6NJ.
- Is South Willingham a protected site?
- Yes — South Willingham is part of the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape (AONB).
- Is South Willingham free to visit?
- Yes, South Willingham is free to enter.
- How do I get to South Willingham?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LN8 6NJ. It sits within the Louth and Horncastle parliamentary constituency.