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Fillingham

Village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England

Summary

Village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England

Field	Value
static_image_name	Fillingham Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1164459.jpg
static_image_caption	Fillingham Castle
country	England
official_name	Fillingham
coordinates
population	242
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	West Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Gainsborough
post_town	Gainsborough
postcode_district	DN21
postcode_area	DN
os_grid_reference	SK947858
london_distance_mi	130
london_direction	S

Fillingham is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 9 mi north from the city and county town of Lincoln, and just over 1 mi west from the A15 road.

Fillingham Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Andrew. Originally a building in Early English and Decorated style, it was largely rebuilt in 1777 with a new chancel and tower. It was further restored in 1866. The earliest element is a c.1200 round-headed doorway in the west transept. In the churchyard is a cross, 30 ft high, dedicated to Major Thomas N. Dalton, killed in the Battle of Inkerman in 1854. John Wycliffe was rector of the village from 1361 to 1368.

There is evidence of a Roman camp in the village and Anglo Saxon pottery has also been found. Archaeological excavations have also found evidence of an Anglo Saxon cemetery which may have been associated with a second church in the village.

Fillingham Castle is a castellated mansion built in 1760 by Sir Cecil Wray. A nearby stone manor house was built about a century before.

Fillingham Lake is one of the sources of the River Till, a small river whose lower reaches form the Fossdyke Navigation.

References

{{NHLE
Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 125; Methuen & Co. Ltd
''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 392
[http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/lincolnshire/filliangham01.html "Fillingham Project overview – A Late Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in Lincolnshire"] {{Webarchive. link. (8 October 2006 , The University of Sheffield. Retrieved 28 July 2011)

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