North Willingham is a village and

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in the West Lindsey

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Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a 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-west, Leicestershire ...

, England. The population of the civil parish (including Sixhills) was 181 at the 2011 census. It is situated east from the town of Market Rasen on the A631 road between Market Rasen and

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. The village is listed in the 1086 ''

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'' as "Wunlingeha", with 57 households. The

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is dedicated to Saint Thomas the Apostle and is a Grade II

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dating from the 14th century, with later additions and alterations and an 1896 interior restoration. It contains a 19th-century octagonal

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. Built into the west wall of the

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is the head of a 13th-century grave slab, and in the

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two freestanding crosses brought from

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after the First World War. St Thomas became part of Walesby Group of Parishes in 1979, which comprises churches in

Brookenby Brookenby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated north-east from Market Rasen. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 742, falling to 665 at the 2011 census. T ...

Claxby by Normanby Claxby, or Claxby by Normanby, is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 221. It is situated approximately north from the town of Market ...

Kirmond le Mire Kirmond le Mire is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1203 road, east from Market Rasen and south-west from Grimsby. It is in the civil parish of Thoresway. Kirmo ...

Normanby le Wold Normanby le Wold is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and about south from the town of Caistor, and north-east from the city ...

Stainton le Vale Stainton le Vale is a village in the civil parish of Thoresway in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about north-east from the town of Market Rasen and about 6 miles south-east from the town of Caistor. It is a ...

Tealby Tealby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and north-east of Market Rasen. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 593. Communi ...

and Walesby. North Willingham

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was built in 1850 and closed in 1949.

Jessie Boucherett (Emilia) Jessie Boucherett (November 1825 – 18 October 1905) was an English campaigner for women's rights. Life She was born in November 1825 at North Willingham, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. She was the grandchild of Lt. Colonel Ayscoghe B ...

was a campaigner for women's rights. Daughter of Ayscough (sometimes Ayscoghe) Boucherett,

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, she was born at Willingham House in 1825 and died there in 1905, being buried at St Thomas church. The house was built in 1790 for the Boucherett family. During the Second World War Willingham House became Camp 256, a Prisoner of War work camp. It held German prisoners who worked as labourers in the local area. Willingham House was demolished in 1976.

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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District