Frampton is a village and

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in the

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Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...

, England. The village is situated approximately south from the town of

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and to the east (the seaward side) of the A16, which runs along the

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. The village lies on the edge of one of the great marine creek levees formed during the

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, from the modern

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. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,299. The village is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the

in the

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of Lincolnshire. Local governance of Frampton was reorganised on 1 April 1974, as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. The parish forms its own electoral ward. Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the

Parts of Holland The Parts of Holland is a historical division of Lincolnshire, England, encompassing the south-east of the county. The name is still recognised locally and survives in the district of South Holland. Administration Parts of Holland was one of th ...

. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as ''parts'') of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the

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of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.

Landmarks

The

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church of Saint Mary dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I

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which was restored in 1796 and 1890. Easthampton has an active

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group based in the old church of St Mary's, holding minor records in this field. A second church, that of

Saint Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

and All Angels, was a private chapel for the Tunnard family who lived at Frampton House. It was built in 1860 by James Fowler, and is a Grade II listed building. Today it is a chapel of ease. Frampton Hall, a Grade II* listed red-brick country house, was built in 1725 by Coney Tunnard, who was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. It is now owned by the Lord Davies of Stamford. The red-brick Frampton House, is Grade II* listed and was built in 1792 for Thomas Tunnard. It is now a care home. Frampton Marsh - geograph

Frampton Marsh is a

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which lies to the east of the village, between the outfalls of the

River Witham The River Witham is a river almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire in the east of England. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham at , passes through the centre of Grantham (where it may be closely followed using the Riversi ...

(The Haven), and the

River Welland The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some long. It drains part of the Midlands eastwards to The Wash. The river rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market ...

. Part of the marsh belongs to the

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, the majority being owned by the RSPB and being designated RSPB Frampton Marsh. It is a Ramsar site, and the whole of

The Wash The Wash is a rectangular bay and multiple estuary at the north-west corner of East Anglia on the East coast of England, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire and both border the North Sea. One of Britain's broadest estuaries, it is fed by the riv ...

area is a designated

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References

External links

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"Peal List for Tower"
''Felstead Database'' Frampton, St. Mary; retrieved 10 April 2011
"The Church in Wyberton and Frampton"
Framptonchurch.com Retrieved 25 June 2013 {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Nature reserves in Lincolnshire Ramsar sites in England Borough of Boston