Walmsgate

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Walmsgate
Lincolnshire
A16 Approaching Walmsgate - geograph.org.uk - 657541.jpg
Approaching Walmsgate on the A16
Location
Grid reference: TF364783
Location: 53°17’4"N, 0°2’44"E
Data
Post town: Louth
Postcode: LN11
Local Government
Council: East Lindsey
Parliamentary
constituency:
Louth and Horncastle

Walmsgate is a tiny hamlet in the civil parish of Burwell, in Lindsey, in the north of Lincolnshire. It is found as a knot of cottages on the A16 road, six miles south-east of Louth.

The lost village of Walmsgate is mentioned in 1377. A priest was last instituted about 1435, and eight families remained in 1563. The small church was still standing in the early 17th century. The walls of the church, built in limestone, still stand to a maximum height of six feet and are covered with a dense growth of ivy.[1][2] The ruins of the church are Grade II listed.[3]

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References

  1. National Monuments Record: No. 354231 – Walmsgate deserted mediæval village
  2. National Heritage List 1004994: Walmsgate deserted mediæval village (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
  3. National Heritage List 1168852: Ruined church, Walmsgate