| Haugham | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Haugham | |
  Haugham Location withinLincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF338815 |
| • London | 125 mi (201 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Louth |
| Postcode district | LN11 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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Haugham is a village andcivil parish in theEast Lindsey district ofLincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) south fromLouth. Theprime meridian passes directly through Haugham.
According toA Dictionary of British Place Names, Haugham derives from "high or chief homestead", from theOld English 'heah' and 'ham'.[1]
The place-name is first attested in theDomesday Book of 1086. The priory of Haugham was built upon land granted by Hugh,Earl of Chester, towards the end of the eleventh century, to theBenedictine abbot and convent ofSt. Severus in thediocese of Coutances.[2] Priors were appointed by the bishops of Lincoln until 1329, this ending owing to wars with France. Subsequently, in 1398, the priory and its possessions were transferred to theCarthusian priory ofSt Anne at Coventry.[3]
In 1885,Kelly's Directory noted that thelord of the manor and sole landowner of Haugham wasHenry Chaplin MP,PC. Haugham consisted of 1,907 acres (7.7 km2), of which 450 were woodland, with agricultural production as chiefly wheat, barley and oats.[4]
The Parish Council is the level of local government in East Lindsey nearest to the people of Haugham. The old parishes were formed at a time when there was little difference between the Church and the State. In the late 1800s, Church and State separated but the same area is now represented as a local authority by the Haugham Parish Council and theChurch of England by the Parochial Church Council.[5]
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