Harrington is a

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and

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in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spilsby ...

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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. It is situated south-west from Alford, and north-west from

Spilsby Spilsby is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town is adjacent to the main A16, east of the county town of Lincoln, north-east of Boston and north-west of Skegness. It ...

History

Harrington is not listed in ''

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'' of 1086. In the 14th century the manor of Harrington passed from the de Harington family to the Copledyke family, and in 1673 the estate was bought by Vincent Amcotts.

Landmarks

The

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is a Grade II*

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dedicated to

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, dating from the 13th century, and largely rebuilt in 1854-55 by

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. In the south side of the

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is a tomb containing the 14th-century

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of a knight in

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. Under the

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is the black stone tomb of John Copledike who died in 1557 and his wife who died in 1552. In the

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is a further tomb to John Copledike who died in 1585 and his wife who died 1582, and an

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memorial to Francis Copuldyck and his wife and family dated 1599. Harrington Hall is a Grade I listed red-brick country house, built in the late 17th century by Vincent Amcotts, to replace a mansion house built for the Copledyke family about 1575, according to a dated beam. Altered and extended in the 18th century, it was extensively damaged by fire in November 1991 and has since been repaired. The walled garden of Harrington Hall is the one that

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mentioned in his poem Maud 1855. The grounds are no longer open to the public as it became a wholly private residence in 2014.

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{{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District