Grayingham is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the
West Lindsey
West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Gainsborough.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural Dis ...
district of
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 123 It is situated south from
Kirton in Lindsey
Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a market town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is south-east from Scunthorpe.
History
Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII lived at Kirton-in-Lindsey afte ...
, north-east from
Gainsborough Gainsborough or Gainsboro may refer to:
Places
* Gainsborough, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
** Gainsborough Ward, Ipswich
* Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, a town in England
** Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
* Gainsborough, New South Wales, ...
and 8 miles south from
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A pre ...
.
The name Grayingham derives from the
Old English
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''Gra(ga)+inga+ham'' for "homestead of the family of a man named Graeg". The name is listed in the 1086 ''
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
'' as "Graingeham".
[Mills, A. D. (1991): ''A Dictionary of English Place-Names'', Oxford University Press.]
Grayingham
Grade II*
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listed
Anglican
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church is dedicated to
Saint Radegund
Radegund ( la, Radegundis; also spelled ''Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund''; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patron saint of several churche ...
.
Originating from the 13th and 14th century, it was rebuilt in 1773 or 1797 leaving the
Early English tower and west doorway intact. A further
restoration
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* Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
** Audio restoration
** Film restoration
** Image restoration
** Textile restoration
* Restoration ecology
...
was carried-out in 1870 by
James Fowler. The 19th century
reredos
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The term ''reredos'' may also be used for similar structures, if elaborate, in secular architecture, for ex ...
is by A. B. Skipwith, and a copper-gilt
relief
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of the
crucifixion
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by
Conrad Dressler
Conrad Dressler (22 May 1856 – 3 August 1940) was an English sculptor and potter.
Dressler was born in London and studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He was later influenced by the Arts & Crafts Movement. In the 1880s, he worked at ...
.
[Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 144; Methuen & Co. Ltd]Pevsner, Nikolaus
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (19 ...
; Harris, John; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' pp. 252, 253; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press.
Notable people
The English ecologist Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock
The Reverend (Edward) Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock (23 July 1858 – 3 February 1922) was an English clergyman and ecologist. He was an early exponent of the ecological approach to natural history recording.
Early life
Woodruffe-Peacock, always kn ...
was Rector of Grayingham towards the end of his life. He died in this post in 1922.
References
External links
*
"Grayingham"
Genuki GENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust. It "provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland". It gives access to a large collection of information, with the emphas ...
.org.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2011
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Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
West Lindsey District
Grade II* listed buildings in Lincolnshire