Wyham, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Wyham, a parish, with Cadeby hamlet, in Lincolnshire, 2 miles W by S of Ludborough station on the G.N.R., and 7 NNW of Louth. Post town, Lonth. Acreage, 1498; population, 121. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £260 with residence. The church is a small edifice in the Early English style, and has been well restored.
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 | Wyham All Saints | |
Poor Law union | Louth | |
Wapentake | Ludborough |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Wyham Cum Cadeby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1696-1911 | 1753-1780 | 1695-1911 | 1696-1911 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Wyham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wyham (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Wyham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: