Wildmore
| Wildmore | |
|---|---|
 Wildmore Fen | |
  Wildmore 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]
History
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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]
Church
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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).
Windmill
[edit]Haven Bank Windmill was built in the early 19th century of red brick and is a Grade II listed building.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Wildmore". Genuki. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Thompson, Pishey (1856). History & Antiquities of Boston. pp. 620–1.
- ^ Pishey Thompson (1856). History & Antiquities of Boston. p. 639.
- ^ a b "Wildmore Civil Parish" (PDF). Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ a b "British Listed Buildings". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "A Church Near You". Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "British Listed Buildings". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
External links
[edit]Media related to Wildmore at Wikimedia Commons
