Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FALKINGHAM, or Folkingham

FALKINGHAM, or Folkingham, a small town and a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln. The town stands on an eminence, commanding extensive views, 8 miles NE of Corby r. station, and 10½ E by S of Grantham; is a seat of sessions; and has a head post office, ‡ a banking office, a prison, a church, a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £15. The prison occupies the site of a castle, which was built about 1280, by Henry de Bellomonte, and destroyed by Cromwell; serves as a county house of correction for the parts of Kesteven; and has capacity for 31 males and 4 females. The church has a good tower, with eight crocketted pinnacles; and was repaired in 1859. A weekly market is held on Thursday; and fairs on Ash-Wednesday, Palm-Monday, 13 May, 14 and 15 June, 3 and 4 July, the Thursday after Old Michaelmas, and 22 Nov. The parish comprises 1,861 acres. Real property, £3, 649. Pop., 650. Houses, 134. 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. Value, £511. Patron, Lord Aveland.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small town and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Folkingham CP/AP       Bourne RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place names: FALKINGHAM     |     FALKINGHAM OR FOLKINGHAM     |     FOLKINGHAM
Place: Folkingham

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