Falkingham or Folkingham, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Falkingham or Folkingham, a small town and a parish in Lincolnshire. The town stands on an eminence, commanding extensive views, 3 miles W from Billingborough station on the G.N.R., and 10½ E by S from Grantham, and has a head post office. On the summit of the hill immediately above the town there is the site of a castle which was built about 1280 by Henry de Bellomonre, and destroyed by Cromwell. The church, which is a large building of stone in mixed styles, has a good tower with eight crocketed pinnacles, and was repaired in 1859. Fairs are held on Ash-Wednesday, Palm-Monday, 12 May, the Thursday after Old Michaelmas, and 22 Nov. The parish comprises 1940 acres; population, 502. The manor was given by William the Conqueror to Gilbert de Gaunt, and passed to the De Bellomontes or Beaumonts. A large ancient camp, with deep fosse and lofty vallum, lies to the SE of the town. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Laughton, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint gross value, £434 with residence. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Falkingham St. Andrew | |
Poor Law union | Bourne | |
Wapentake | Aveland |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Falkingham or Folkingham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Falkingham, or Folkingham (St. Andrew))
Newspapers and Periodicals
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