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South Willingham

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Population
  
160 (2011)

Region
  
East Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Lincolnshire

UK parliament constituency
  
Louth and Horncastle

OS grid reference
  
TF195833

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Market Rasen

District
  
East Lindsey

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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.

Map of South Willingham, UK

South Willingham is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Ulingeham".

South Willingham Grade II listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Martin. 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.

Other Grade II listed buildings include four cottages and two farm houses

The village had both a Wesleyan and a Free Methodist chapel, 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.

References

South Willingham Wikipedia