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Ingham is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies geographically north of the centre of Lincoln and it can be accessed by taking the B1398 road, which runs parallel to the main A15 ( Ermine Street).
The paris
boundary
borders with Fillingham two field widths to the north. It follows th
hedge line
and a small drain eastwards t
Middle Street
(B1398), which it follows to the south for , then follows the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards, north of Park Farm; the airfield is still there. It follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head (in Fillingham), the source of the River Ancholme just west of the A15. It meets
A15
( Ermine Street) which it follows to the south, and meets Spridlington. North of the curve in the A15, it follow
Ingham Lane
to the west. It crosse
Middle Street
at Ingham Cliff, nea
Ingham Cliff Farm
where there is a weather radar station. To the north along the B1398 is the Windmill public house in the neighbouring parish of Spridlington. The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road to where it crosses a small drain. It follows the drain northwards past Coates Gorse. To the west is Stow and the Trent Valley.
The parish church, located on Church Hill at the east of the village, is dedicated to All Saints. Just to the west of All Saints is a Methodist church. Ingham Primary School is at the south of the village green next to the village hall, and on the opposite side of the green is a small village store. The two village public houses are the Black Horse and the Inn on the Green."Inn on the Green"
Flickr.com. 16 December 2011 A self-catering holiday establishment is located nearby to the Inn on the Green. Within the parish at the north-east of the village, and on opposite sides of the B1398 road, is a distribution centre (on the former airfield) for an outdoor toy manufacturer and a rescue and boarding kennels. A centre dedicated to the retired RAF Station is open to the public on Sunday mornings; it has a small café and includes information on Ingham's history. A bed and breakfast establishment can be found in the south of the village.
RAF Ingham Heritage Group
{{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District
History
Ingham is written in the '' Domesday Book'' of 1086 as "Ingeham". Possibleetymologies
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words and ...
are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).
In the Second World War, the village became home to RAF Ingham
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
, a satellite airfield of RAF Hemswell consisting of three grass runways. Three Polish squadrons from 1st Polish Wing were based here, joined later by No. 199 Squadron RAF. In 1944, it was renamed RAF Cammeringham
Royal Air Force Cammeringham or more simply RAF Cammeringham (formerly RAF Ingham) was a Royal Air Force station used by RAF Bomber Command between 1940 and 1945 and the Polish Air Force until 1946. The airfield was located between the A15 ( E ...
. The station effectively became unusable by 1945 as the short grass runways had deteriorated. After the war, it became home to demobilised Polish aircrew.
Geography
The parisboundary
borders with Fillingham two field widths to the north. It follows th
hedge line
and a small drain eastwards t
Middle Street
(B1398), which it follows to the south for , then follows the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards, north of Park Farm; the airfield is still there. It follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head (in Fillingham), the source of the River Ancholme just west of the A15. It meets
West Firsby
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...
at thA15
( Ermine Street) which it follows to the south, and meets Spridlington. North of the curve in the A15, it follow
Ingham Lane
to the west. It crosse
Middle Street
at Ingham Cliff, nea
Ingham Cliff Farm
where there is a weather radar station. To the north along the B1398 is the Windmill public house in the neighbouring parish of Spridlington. The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road to where it crosses a small drain. It follows the drain northwards past Coates Gorse. To the west is Stow and the Trent Valley.
Amenities
The parish church, located on Church Hill at the east of the village, is dedicated to All Saints. Just to the west of All Saints is a Methodist church. Ingham Primary School is at the south of the village green next to the village hall, and on the opposite side of the green is a small village store. The two village public houses are the Black Horse and the Inn on the Green.Flickr.com. 16 December 2011 A self-catering holiday establishment is located nearby to the Inn on the Green. Within the parish at the north-east of the village, and on opposite sides of the B1398 road, is a distribution centre (on the former airfield) for an outdoor toy manufacturer and a rescue and boarding kennels. A centre dedicated to the retired RAF Station is open to the public on Sunday mornings; it has a small café and includes information on Ingham's history. A bed and breakfast establishment can be found in the south of the village.
References
External links
*RAF Ingham Heritage Group
{{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District