Edlington, Lincolnshire

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Edlington
Lincolnshire
St Helen, Edlington - geograph.org.uk - 431699.jpg
Church of St Helen, Edlington
Location
Grid reference: TF233714
Location: 53°13’34"N, 0°9’14"W
Data
Population: 147  (2001)
Post town: Horncastle
Postcode: LN9
Dialling code: 01507
Local Government
Council: East Lindsey

Edlington is a tiny village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, and which may be found two miles north-west of Horncastle. Its civil parish is named 'Edlington with Wispington' and which, at the 2001 census, had a population was recorded of just 147.

The parish church is St Helen's. Originating in the 12th century, it was rebuilt in 1859 by James Fowler, but retained its Norman tower arch and Early English font.[1] The church is a Grade II listed building.[2]

A further listed building is the late 16th-century Hall Farm House.[3]

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References

  1. Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 123; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  2. National Heritage List 1063178: Church of St Helen (Grade II listing)
  3. National Heritage List 1147265: Hall Farm House (Grade @ listing)