Hameringham

Hameringham is an extended village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east from the town of Horncastle, and consists of High Hameringham and Low Hammeringham. It is in the civil parish of Lusby with Winceby.

Hameringham
All Saints' Church, Hameringham
Hameringham Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF310672
• London	115 mi (185 km) S
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Horncastle
Postcode district	LN9
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53.186133°N 0.040222°W / 53.186133; -0.040222

The parish church is dedicated to All Saints, and is a Grade II listed building dating from the year 1200, although heavily restored in 1893 by Hodgson Fowler after the nave collapsed. It is made from greenstone, brick, limestone and red sandstone.^[1]

Hameringham belongs to the Fen and Hill Group of Parishes which also includes:^[2]

• Mareham le Fen, St Helen
• Mareham on the Hill, All Saints
• Revesby, St Lawrence
• Scrivelsby, St Benedict
• Wilksby, All Saints

The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed late 18th-century mud and stud thatched cottage.^[3]

Dunsthorpe is a deserted medieval village which was located near the present Hameringham Grange. The church was in ruins by 1421 and in 1437-08 the parishes were united to become Hameringham. Bones have been found here.^[4]