Wyham cum Cadeby (otherwise Wyham with Caldeby) is a depopulated

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in the

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, England. The nearest village is

Ludborough Ludborough is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north from Louth, and at the eastern end of the A18 road. Ludborough has a population of 191 people. The Prime Meridia ...

(where any remaining population is included), about to the east on the

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, and the nearest town,

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, to the south. Wyham cum Cadeby consists of the remaining hamlet of Wyham () and the former village of Cadeby, otherwise North Cadeby (,), both settlements a

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. The

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, dedicated to All Saints, once seated 90. It was restored in 1886 and declared redundant and sold in 1982. The parish records are held in Lincoln. There is a former chalk quarry which has been converted to a

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and

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ground.

References

External links

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History of Cadeby Hall, pictures and maps
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyham Cum Cadeby Villages in Lincolnshire Archaeological sites in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District