Corringham, Lincolnshire

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Corringham
Lincolnshire
St.Laurence's church, Corringham, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 113719.jpg
Church of St Laurence, Corringham
Location
Grid reference: SK875915
Location: 53°24’48"N, 0°40’58"W
Data
Population: 523  (2011)
Post town: Gainsborough
Postcode: DN21
Dialling code: 01427
Local Government
Council: West Lindsey

Corringham is a parish in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, within the Corringham Wapentake. It is situated three miles east from Gainsborough and ten miles south from Scunthorpe. Corringham comprises the two contiguous villages of Great Corringham and Little Corringham and had a total resident population of 430 in 2001,[1] increasing to 523 at the 2011 census.[2]

The hamlet of Yawthorpe lies due east of the village, and that of Bonsdale to the north.

George Ashforth, silversmith, lived here from 1798 or before, to 1807 or later. A poll book and electoral register in the county records, and a UK Land Tax Redemption Record of 1798, show him as a "Tenant" under Proprieter, Jno Beckett Esquire, in the year 1799. The Firm of George Ashforth, Ellis, & Co. existed on Angle Street in Sheffield.

Gowin Knight, the first principal librarian of the British Museum was born here in 1856.[3]

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