Hameringham is an extended village consisting of High Hameringham and Low Hammeringham, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south east of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England.

The parish church is dedicated to All Saints

All Saints

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, and is a grade II listed building dating from the year 1200, although heavily restored

Victorian restoration

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 in 1893 by Hodgson Fowler after the nave collapsed. It is made from greenstone

Greenstone

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, brick, limestone

Limestone

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 and red sandstone

Sandstone

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Hameringham belongs to the Fen and Hill group of Parishes which also includes:

• Mareham le Fen
  Mareham le Fen
  Mareham le Fen is a village and civil parish about south of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet of Mareham Gate lies about a mile south of the village, and it is believed that the deserted medieval village of Birkwood was located nearby.Mareham le Fen was mentioned in...
  
  , St Helen
• Mareham on the Hill
  Mareham on the Hill
  Mareham on the Hill is a village and civil parish about south east of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England.Mareham on the Hill was listed in Domesday Book of 1086 as having one household and eight acres of woodland....
  
  , All Saints
• Revesby
  Revesby, Lincolnshire
  Revesby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies south-east from Horncastle, east from Woodhall Spa and north from Boston, on the A155. The parish in includes the hamlet of Moorhouses to the south of Revesby village.Revesby Grade II listed...
  
  , st Lawrence
• Scrivelsby, St Benedict
• Wilksby, All Saints

The Thatched Cottage is a grade II listed late 18th century mud and stud thatched cottage.

Dunsthorpe is a deserted medieval village

Deserted medieval village

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which was located near the present Hameringham Grange. The church was in ruins by 1421 and in 1437-8 the parishes were united to become Hameringham. Bones have been found here.