Rand is a small village and

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in the

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Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...

, England. It is situated approximately north-east from the city of

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and approximately west from

Wragby Wragby ( ) is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated at the junction of the A157 and A158 roads, and approximately north-west from Horncastle and about north-east of Lincoln. Histor ...

, and near the

A158 road The A158 road is a major route that heads from Lincoln in the west to Skegness on the east coast. The road is located entirely in the county of Lincolnshire and is single carriageway for almost its entirety. The road is approximately long. The ...

from Lincoln to

Skegness Skegness ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is east of Lincoln and north-east of Boston. With a population of 19,579 as of 2011, ...

. The nearest large town is

Market Rasen Market Rasen ( ) is a town and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it east to west, approximately north-east from Lincoln, east from Gainsborough, 14 miles (23 km) west of Lo ...

, about north-east. The village is above sea level. The population is listed under Goltho. Rand was the home of the father of the 17th-century English writer James Harrington.

History

The name derives from the

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"Rand", meaning "a place at the border or edge". It is listed in the 1086 ''

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'' as "Rande". James Harrington (or Harington), the author of ''Oceana'', born 1611 in Upton, Northamptonshire, was the eldest son of Sir Sapcote(s) Harrington of Rand (died 1629), and great-nephew of the first Lord Harington of Exton (died 1615).

Community

The village church is dedicated to St Oswald, which contains a memorial to Sir Vincent Fulnetby (died early 17th century) and his ancestors. The name "Fulnetby", or "Fulnery" in some old records, derives from Old Scandinavian "full+nautr+by" meaning "village of one who has a full share". It appears in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' as "Fulnedebi".Lincolnshire GenWeb Project
/ref> The existing church building dates from the 14th century. It also contains a monument to the Harrington family. A church probably existed here by 1241, and perhaps earlier. The existing building is thought to be at least the third church built at Rand. The nearest school is in Wragby. The regional-based civil engineering company UCS Civils, part of the Rand Group of Companies of companies, is based in Rand.

References

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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District