Haugham
| Haugham | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Haugham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF338815 |
| Location: | 53°18’49"N, 0°0’26"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Louth |
| Postcode: | LN11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Haugham is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, three miles south of Louth. The Greenwich Meridian passes directly through Haugham.
History
The name Haugham derives from "high or chief homestead", from the Old English 'heah' and 'ham'.[1]
The name of Haugham is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086. The priory of Haugham was built upon land granted by Hugh, Earl of Chester, towards the end of the eleventh century, to the Benedictine abbot and convent of St Severus in the diocese of Coutances.[2] Priors were appointed by the bishops of Lincoln until 1329, this ending owing to wars with France. Subsequently, in 1398, the priory and its possessions were transferred to the Carthusian priory of St Anne at Coventry.[3]
In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted that the lord of the manor and sole landowner of Haugham was Henry Chaplin]] MP PC]]. Haugham consisted of 1,907 acres, of which 450 were woodland, with agricultural production as chiefly wheat, barley and oats.[4]
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References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ A History of the County of Lincoln - Volume 2 pp 240-241: Alien houses: The priory of Haugham (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 159; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 469
