Haugh, Lincolnshire
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Haugh is a hamlet
and civil parish
in the East Lindsey
district of Lincolnshire
, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of the town of Alford
.
Haugh was mentioned in Domesday Book
of 1086, when it consisted of 37 households.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Leonard
and is a grade I listed building dating from the 11th century, with later additions, and a restoration in 1873. It is built of chalk and greenstone
with red brick patching. The blocked north door is late 12th century, and both the font and the south door 14th century. On the
south wall there is an alabaster
wall plaque to Sir Charles Bolle, who died in 1690, and on the north wall a large wall monument to Sir John Bolle, who died in 1606.
Manor Farmhouse is a red brick grade II listed country house and former seat of the Bolle family, now a farmhouse dating from the mid 16th century with later additions.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
and civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the East Lindsey
East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....
district of 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, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of the town of Alford
Alford, Lincolnshire
- Notable residents :* Captain John Smith who lived in nearby Willoughby* Anne Hutchinson, pioneer settler and religious reformer in the United States* Thomas Paine, who was an excise officer in the town....
.
Haugh was mentioned in Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
of 1086, when it consisted of 37 households.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Leonard
Saint Leonard
-Saints:* Saint Leonard of Noblac * Saint Leonard of Port Maurice -Canada:* Saint-Leonard, Quebec, a former city and now a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada* Saint Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada...
and is a grade I listed building dating from the 11th century, with later additions, and a restoration in 1873. It is built of chalk and greenstone
Greenstone
Pounamu is several types of hard, durable and highly valued nephrite jade, bowenite, or serpentinite found in New Zealand. Pounamu is the Māori name. The rocks are also generically known as "greenstone" in New Zealand English....
with red brick patching. The blocked north door is late 12th century, and both the font and the south door 14th century. On the
south wall there is an alabaster
Alabaster
Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals, when used as a material: gypsum and calcite . The former is the alabaster of the present day; generally, the latter is the alabaster of the ancients...
wall plaque to Sir Charles Bolle, who died in 1690, and on the north wall a large wall monument to Sir John Bolle, who died in 1606.
Manor Farmhouse is a red brick grade II listed country house and former seat of the Bolle family, now a farmhouse dating from the mid 16th century with later additions.