Roughton ( ) 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 ...

in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Horncastle and the largest town is Skegness. Other towns include Alford, Lincolnshire, Alford, Burgh le Marsh, Coningsby, L ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England. The parish population was 644 in 2011. The village lies approximately south from

Horncastle Horncastle is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England. It is east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls rema ...

and near the hamlets of Thornton and Kirkby-on-Bain. Since 1936 the hamlets of Dalderby and

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have been part of Roughton civil parish. In the 1086 ''

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,'' Roughton is noted with 11 households, with

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as King William I. The

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dates from the 13th century, and is dedicated to Saint Margaret. Built of a "patchwork" of greenstone,

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

and red brick, its construction includes elements from 12th-century

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to 17th-century brick. It is a Grade II*

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. The base of a

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stone cross is in the churchyard; it is both Grade II listed and designated as an ancient

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. Roughton Hall is a Grade II* listed building dating from the mid-18th century. Until his death in 2018, it was home to Louth and Horncastle MP, and

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, Sir Peter Tapsell. A primary school in Roughton served the village and the nearby hamlets of Haltham, Dalderby and Martin. It closed in December 1946 following a decline of population. Roughton Moor Wood on the outskirts of nearby

Woodhall Spa Woodhall Spa is a former spa town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, south-west of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Horncastle, west of Skegness, east-south-east o ...

is a

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consisting of semi-natural woodland; it is managed by the

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Governance

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in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to

Baumber Baumber ( ) is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west from Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Horncastle, and at the junction of the B1225 and the A158 road, A158 roads. ...

with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,270.

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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District Woodhall Spa