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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446. T ...

, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 400. It is situated north from

Brigg Brigg (Wikipedia:IPA for English#Key, /'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies ...

, north from the M180 and west from the A15 road. The A15 (built in 1978) traverses the old runways of the former RAF Elsham Wolds airfield. Close to the village is Elsham Hall. Elsham's Grade II* listed

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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. The village is the birthplace of the agricultural engineer Richard Hornsby, astronomer Wallace L. W. Sargent, and George Green, a recipient of the

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in the

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. Elsham is the home of the Pipers Crisp Co., winners of 23 "Great Taste Awards Gold" since 2007.

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* {{Authority control Villages in the Borough of North Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire