Snarford is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east from the city and

county town In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elect ...

of Lincoln and south-west from the town of Market Rasen. It is in the civil parish of

Friesthorpe Friesthorpe is a settlement and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Snarford and Snelland) at the 2011 census was 204. It is situated south-west from the town of Ma ...

. Snarford is listed in the '' Domesday Book'' of 1086 as "Snardesforde", with 18 households.

The Grade I listed parish church is dedicated to

Saint Lawrence Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. "Laurel wreath, laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the Persecution of Christians, perse ...

and dates from the 12th century. It was altered and extended in the 13th and 14th centuries and restored in 1853. It contains a collection of monuments to Thomas St Paul and

Sir George St Paul, 1st Baronet Sir George St Paul, 1st Baronet (1562 – 18 October 1613) was an English politician. He was born the son of Thomas St Paul (or Thomas St Poll) of Snarford, Lincolnshire and educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He entered Lincoln's In ...

and also to Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick. Snarford Hall, the seat of the St Paul family, no longer exists. The Hospital of Sir George St Paul is a

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of four

almshouse An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) was charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the medieval era. They were often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain ...

s for local "poor persons of good character" set up by Sir George St Paul. The Manor House is a Grade II listed limestone farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with 19th-century alterations.

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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District