Elsham is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Bar ...
, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 400. It is situated north from
Brigg
Brigg ( /'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east–west tra ...
, north from the
M180 and west from the
A15 A15 or A-15 may refer to:
* A15 phases, a crystallographic structure type of certain intermetallic compounds
* A15 road, in several countries
* Antonov A-15, a Soviet glider
* British NVC community A15 (Elodea canadensis community), a British Isles ...
road.
The A15 (built in 1978) traverses the old runways of the former
RAF Elsham Wolds
Royal Air Force Elsham Wolds or more simply RAF Elsham Wolds is a former Royal Air Force station in England, which operated in the First World War and the Second World War. It is located just to the north east of the village of Elsham in nort ...
airfield. Close to the village is
Elsham Hall.
Elsham
Grade II*
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listed
Anglican
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church, dedicated to
All Saints, is of 12th century
Early English origin. It was restored in 1874.
[Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 123; Methuen & Co. Ltd]
At Elsham there was an
Augustinian priory; it was dissolved during the 1536
Suppression
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Laws
* Suppression of Communism Act
*Suppression order a type of censorship where a court rules that certain information cannot be published
* Tohunga Suppression Act 1907, an Act of the Parliament of New Zealand aimed ...
.
[
The village is the birthplace of the agricultural engineer ]Richard Hornsby
Richard Hornsby ( Elsham in Lincolnshire 4 June 1790 – 1864) was an inventor and founder of a major agricultural machinery firm that developed steam engines. His firm also developed early diesels and caterpillar tracks. He came from a farming ...
,Medal of Honor
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in the American Civil War
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.[ ]
References
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Villages in the Borough of North Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire