Hainton is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A157 road, 10mi west from Louth and 5mi south-east from Market Rasen.Hainton is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Haintone", with 9 villagers, 2 smallholders, 1 freeman, and a 100acre of meadow, and given over to Ilbert of Lacy as Lord of the Manor.The village is the site of a Medieval settlement, with evidence of earthworks indicating a ridge and furrow field system and crofts.In 1885 Kelly's Directory recorded a now listed school built by G. F. Heneage in 1846. Agricultural production in the 2306acre acre parish was chiefly wheat, barley, oats and turnips.ChurchHainton Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Mary. A parish church originating in the 11th century, with changes in the 13th and refurbishment in the 14th, it was possibly re-modelled by Capability Brown in 1763. It was restored by Edward James Willson in 1848 who retained early Norman lower stages of the tower and Early English nave arcades.
Tags: Church
Address & Contact
- Street:
- A157
- City:
- Market Rasen
- Phone:
- 1472-341767
- Category:
- Church