Wildmore is a civil
parish in the
East Lindsey
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district of
Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west from the town of
Boston and south from
Horncastle.
There is no village called Wildmore; the village of
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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
manuscript now in the
British Museum, that it belonged after the
Norman Conquest to the baronies of
Bolingbroke,
Horncastle and
Scrivelsby
Scrivelsby is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the East Lindsey district of the County of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south of Horncastle and is on the B1183 road east from the A153 road. It is administered by the civil parish ...
.
William Romara, who held Bolingbroke, gave his portion to
Kirkstead Abbey during the reign of
King Stephen.
afforested the whole of the fenland area and these continued to be the Kings hunting grounds until 1230 in the reign of
Henry III.
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.
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,
Horncastle,
Mareham on the Hill
Mareham on the Hill is a village and civil parish about south-east from the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England.
Mareham on the Hill is listed in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' as having one household and of woodland.
The parish church i ...
,
Moorby
Moorby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Claxby with Moorby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated south-east from Horncastle and east from Wood Enderby. Moorby has a po ...
,
Roughton,
Thimbleby,
,
Low Toynton, and
Wood Enderby
Wood Enderby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
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; and detached parts of
Bolingbroke,
Coningsby,
Haltham
Haltham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 122. It is situated south from the town of Horncastle, and on the east bank of the River Bain ...
,
Tattershall,
Tattershall Thorpe,
Thornton le Fen,
Toynton All Saints
Toynton All Saints is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about south of the town of Spilsby.
Toynton All Saints, and its neighbours, the village of Toynton St Peter and the hamlet of Toynton Fe ...
, and
Wilksby.
Church
In 1816 the
church, known as Frog Hall, was built of red brick, sandstone and limestone.
It was dedicated to
Saint Peter and is a Grade II
listed building.
Today Saint Peters Church is one of the
Brothertoft Group in the Diocese of Lincoln, also known as "Five in the Fen",
which also includes St Gilbert of Sempringham (
Brothertoft),
All Saints (
Holland Fen), Christ Church (
Kirton Holme
Kirton Holme is a village in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated within Kirton civil parish, and approximately west from the town of Boston.
Kirton Holme church, Christ Church, is part of the Brothertoft Group also known as 'Five in the Fe ...
) and St Margaret of Scotland (
Langrick
Langrick is a small village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Langriville, and on the B1192 road, north-west from Boston. The village lies in the Lincolnshire Fens, and less than east from th ...
).
Windmill
Haven Bank
Windmill was built in the early 19th century of red brick and is a Grade II
listed building.
References
External links
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{{East Lindsey (district), state=collapsed
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
East Lindsey District
Windmills in Lincolnshire