Wildmore is a civil

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

in the East Lindsey district of

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, England. It is situated approximately north-west from the town of

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and south from

Horncastle Horncastle is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains. History Romans Alt ...

. There is no village called Wildmore; the village of New York lies within the parish boundaries as does the hamlet of Haven Bank.

History

The name Wildmore comes from the surrounding Wildmore Fen. It appears from a

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now in the

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, that it belonged after the

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to the baronies of Bolingbroke,

and Scrivelsby. William Romara, who held Bolingbroke, gave his portion to

Kirkstead Abbey Kirkstead Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, England. The monastery was founded in 1139 by Hugh Brito, (or Hugh son of Eudo), lord of Tattershall, and was originally colonised by an abbot and twelve monks from Fo ...

during the reign of King Stephen.

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afforested the whole of the fenland area and these continued to be the Kings hunting grounds until 1230 in the reign of Henry III. Henry II gave Horncastle to Gerbald Skalls, Scrivelsby to Robert Marmion and Kirkstead Abbey the Hermitage of Wildmore. Skalls and Marmion gave the monks of Kirkstead right of common pasture in Wildmore. 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 Revesby Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near the village of Revesby in Lincolnshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1143 by William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln, and the first monks came from Rievaulx Abbey. After the Dissolution of the Mo ...

. Wildmore Fen was not drained until 1802, being part of the drainage plans of the East, West, and Wildmore Fens. Wildmore was formed as a parish in 1880 from the fen allotments of

West Ashby West Ashby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the Horncastle to Louth A153 road, and north from the centre of Horncastle. Farthorpe, Middlethorpe, and Furzehills are hamle ...

, Mareham on the Hill, Moorby,

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, Thimbleby, High Toynton,

Low Toynton Low Toynton is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Fulletby) was 187 at the 2011 census. It is situated about north-east from the town of Horncastle, ...

, and Wood Enderby; and detached parts of Bolingbroke,

Coningsby Coningsby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England, it is situated on the A153 road, adjoining Tattershall on its western side, 13 miles (22 km) north west of Boston and 8 miles (13 km) so ...

, Haltham,

Tattershall Tattershall is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A153 Horncastle to Sleaford road, east from the point where that road crosses the River Witham. At its eastern end, Tatter ...

Tattershall Thorpe Tattershall Thorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south from Woodhall Spa, and north-east from Tattershall. The hamlet is significant because of its Second Wor ...

Thornton le Fen Thornton Le Fen is a small civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north from the town of Boston. Thornton Le Fen lies in Wildmore Fen, created in 1812 after the fen was drained in 1802 ...

, Toynton All Saints, and

Wilksby Wilksby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wood Enderby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. A former civil parish in itself, it was merged with the parish of Wood Enderby in 1936. History Wilksby was mentioned in ''Domesday Book'' o ...

Church

In 1816 the

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, known as Frog Hall, was built of red brick, sandstone and limestone. It was dedicated to

Saint Peter ) (Simeon, Simon) , birth_date = , birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire , death_date = Between AD 64–68 , death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire , parents = John (or Jonah; Jona) , occupat ...

and is a Grade II

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. Today Saint Peters Church is one of the

Brothertoft Brothertoft is a village in Lincolnshire, England, about northwest from the market town of Boston. It is part of the civil parish of Holland Fen with Brothertoft . History Evidence has been found that the area now known as Brothertoft was k ...

Group in the Diocese of Lincoln, also known as "Five in the Fen", which also includes St Gilbert of Sempringham (

), All Saints ( Holland Fen), Christ Church ( Kirton Holme) and St Margaret of Scotland ( Langrick).

Windmill

Haven Bank

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was built in the early 19th century of red brick and is a Grade II

References

External links

* {{East Lindsey (district), state=collapsed Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District Windmills in Lincolnshire