Hemingby is a dispersed village and

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in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Horncastle and the largest town is Skegness. Other towns include Alford, Lincolnshire, Alford, Burgh le Marsh, Coningsby, L ...

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, England. It is situated approximately north from the

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Horncastle Horncastle is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England. It is east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls rema ...

and just west from the junction of the B1225 and A158 roads. It is surrounded by the villages of

Baumber Baumber ( ) is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west from Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Horncastle, and at the junction of the B1225 and the A158 road, A158 roads. ...

Goulceby Goulceby ( ) is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-west from the market town of Louth, Lincolnshire, Louth, and lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Ar ...

and

West Ashby West Ashby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the Horncastle to Louth A153 road, and north from the centre of Horncastle. Farthorpe, Middlethorpe, and Furzehills are ham ...

. The

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and its

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, the Hemingby

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, flow through the village. Hemingby

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listed

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parish church is dedicated to St. Margaret. Originating in the 14th century it was rebuilt in 1764, and again in 1895. In 1885 ''Kelly's'' noted that one of the principal landowners was

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. The parish was of and chief agricultural production was of barley and turnips. A then reported 1859

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chapel building still exists. A free school was founded in 1727 by Jane Lady Dymoke; her endowment provided for the employment of a school master and mistress, and for the clothing and apprenticeship of school children. She also established four

almshouse An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) is charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the Middle Ages. They were often built for the poor of a locality, for those who had held ce ...

s for poor widows;''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 474 these are today listed buildings. Further listed buildings are the late 18th-century Rookery cottage, and the mid-18th-century Old Rectory with its early 19th-century coach house. The Methodist chapel existed as such until 1978, the building being converted to a private house in 2007. The village Coach and Horses

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is a former

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on the old

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coaching route. On 18 April 2007 Radio Lincolnshire briefly changed its name to BBC Radio Hemingby for a day, and broadcast from the village.BBC Radio Hemingby
BBC Lincolnshire. Retrieved 14 October 2011

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