Wildmore | |
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Wildmore Fen | |
Location within
Lincolnshire | |
Population | 547 ( 2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | TF247550 |
• London | 110 mi (180 km) S |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Lincoln |
Postcode district | LN4 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Wildmore is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-west from the town of Boston and 11 miles (18 km) south from Horncastle.
There is no village called Wildmore; the village of New York lies within the parish boundaries as does the hamlet of Haven Bank. [2]
The name Wildmore comes from the surrounding Wildmore Fen. It appears from a manuscript now in the British Museum, that it belonged after the Norman Conquest to the baronies of Bolingbroke, Horncastle and Scrivelsby. [3]
William Romara, who held Bolingbroke, gave his portion to Kirkstead Abbey during the reign of King Stephen. [3]
Henry I afforested the whole of the fenland area and these continued to be the Kings hunting grounds until 1230 in the reign of Henry III. [3]
Henry II gave Horncastle to Gerbald Skalls, Scrivelsby to Robert Marmion and Kirkstead Abbey the Hermitage of Wildmore. [3] Skalls and Marmion gave the monks of Kirkstead right of common pasture in Wildmore. [3]
By 1222 the Abbot of Kirkstead, styled Lord of Wildmore, possessed the whole of Wildmore with the exception of Moorhouses which belonged to Revesby Abbey. [3]
Wildmore Fen was not drained until 1802, being part of the drainage plans of the East, West, and Wildmore Fens. [4]
Wildmore was formed as a parish in 1880 [5] from the fen allotments of West Ashby, Horncastle, Mareham on the Hill, Moorby, Roughton, Thimbleby, High Toynton, Low Toynton, and Wood Enderby; and detached parts of Bolingbroke, Coningsby, Haltham, Tattershall, Tattershall Thorpe, Thornton le Fen, Toynton All Saints, and Wilksby. [5]
In 1816 the church, known as Frog Hall, was built of red brick, sandstone and limestone. [6] It was dedicated to Saint Peter and is a Grade II listed building. [6]
Today Saint Peters Church is one of the Brothertoft Group in the Diocese of Lincoln, also known as "Five in the Fen", [7] which also includes St Gilbert of Sempringham ( Brothertoft), All Saints ( Holland Fen), Christ Church ( Kirton Holme) and St Margaret of Scotland ( Langrick).
Haven Bank Windmill was built in the early 19th century of red brick and is a Grade II listed building. [8]
Wildmore | |
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Wildmore Fen | |
Location within
Lincolnshire | |
Population | 547 ( 2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | TF247550 |
• London | 110 mi (180 km) S |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Lincoln |
Postcode district | LN4 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Wildmore is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-west from the town of Boston and 11 miles (18 km) south from Horncastle.
There is no village called Wildmore; the village of New York lies within the parish boundaries as does the hamlet of Haven Bank. [2]
The name Wildmore comes from the surrounding Wildmore Fen. It appears from a manuscript now in the British Museum, that it belonged after the Norman Conquest to the baronies of Bolingbroke, Horncastle and Scrivelsby. [3]
William Romara, who held Bolingbroke, gave his portion to Kirkstead Abbey during the reign of King Stephen. [3]
Henry I afforested the whole of the fenland area and these continued to be the Kings hunting grounds until 1230 in the reign of Henry III. [3]
Henry II gave Horncastle to Gerbald Skalls, Scrivelsby to Robert Marmion and Kirkstead Abbey the Hermitage of Wildmore. [3] Skalls and Marmion gave the monks of Kirkstead right of common pasture in Wildmore. [3]
By 1222 the Abbot of Kirkstead, styled Lord of Wildmore, possessed the whole of Wildmore with the exception of Moorhouses which belonged to Revesby Abbey. [3]
Wildmore Fen was not drained until 1802, being part of the drainage plans of the East, West, and Wildmore Fens. [4]
Wildmore was formed as a parish in 1880 [5] from the fen allotments of West Ashby, Horncastle, Mareham on the Hill, Moorby, Roughton, Thimbleby, High Toynton, Low Toynton, and Wood Enderby; and detached parts of Bolingbroke, Coningsby, Haltham, Tattershall, Tattershall Thorpe, Thornton le Fen, Toynton All Saints, and Wilksby. [5]
In 1816 the church, known as Frog Hall, was built of red brick, sandstone and limestone. [6] It was dedicated to Saint Peter and is a Grade II listed building. [6]
Today Saint Peters Church is one of the Brothertoft Group in the Diocese of Lincoln, also known as "Five in the Fen", [7] which also includes St Gilbert of Sempringham ( Brothertoft), All Saints ( Holland Fen), Christ Church ( Kirton Holme) and St Margaret of Scotland ( Langrick).
Haven Bank Windmill was built in the early 19th century of red brick and is a Grade II listed building. [8]