Metheringham
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Metheringham is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,605. It is about south of Lincoln and north of Sleaford. The centre of the village is a conservation area.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lincoln
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,605
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- High Street, Metheringham - geograph.org.uk - 813466.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Metheringham High Street
- UK place.official_name
- Metheringham
- UK place.map_type
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.civil_parish
- Metheringham
- UK place.shire_district
- North Kesteven
- UK place.population
- 3,605
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_county
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.post_town
- LINCOLN
- UK place.postcode_district
- LN4
- UK place.postcode_area
- LN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01526
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF069615
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Sleaford and North Hykeham
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 115
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Notable person
- Geography
- Metheringham Fen, Sots Hole and Tanvats
- Community
- See also
- References
- External links
Metheringham is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,605. It is about south of Lincoln and north of Sleaford. The centre of the village is a conservation area.
==History== The village is a documented settlement in the Domesday Book of 1086, and is thought to date from Saxon times. It appears to be associated with the name "Medrich". The addition of the plural ending "-es" together with the familiar "-ham" ending is thought to have produced "Medrichesham" (the homestead of Medrich), which in time became corrupted into the modern name of the village. The earliest surviving document relating specifically to the village dates from 24 June 1314, in the reign of Edward II. In July 1599, a great fire left only a few houses standing. It started in a gully that ran the length of the village street.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metheringham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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