Withern
 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification.(November 2014) |
| Withern | |
|---|---|
 War memorial, Withern | |
  Withern Location withinLincolnshire | |
| Population | 380 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TF429820 |
| •London | 125 mi (201 km)SSW |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Alford |
| Postcode district | LN13 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Withernis a village in thecivil parishof Withern with Stain, in theEast Lindseydistrict ofLincolnshire,England.It is situated on theA157 road,and 7 miles (11 km) south-east fromLouth.Stain was once an independent parish but was combined with Withern when the old church of St John the Baptist was destroyed some centuries ago.
According toA Dictionary of British Place Names,the Withern name is derived from theOld EnglishWiduorwudu,withoern,meaning "house in the Wood".[2]Another source gives the name as deriving fromOld Norsevithr"wood" + OEaerne"house", meaning "the house in the wood", giving 'Witheren' in the 14th century. In the 1086Domesday Book,the village name is given asWiderne.
The parish was in the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey. After thePoor Law Amendment Actreforms of 1834, the parish became part of the LouthPoor Law Union.The common lands, some 600 acres (2.4 km2), were enclosed in 1839.
The nowredundantchurch of St Margaret's is the burial place of Auguste Pahud and Annie Pahud, whose love story is theraison d'êtrefor the localHubbard's Hillspark. St Margaret's was rebuilt in 1812.
AWesleyan Methodistchapel was built in 1875, though the congregation dates from about 1811.
A Public Elementary School was built in the hamlet of Stain in 1850 and enlarged in 1858 to hold 100 children. The Wesleyans built a school in 1875.
Themanor housewas the seat of the Fitzwilliam family. It was occupied as a farmhouse in 1900, but the moat still exists. The Grant family lived in the house at one time, their daughter being Annie Pahud.
Population
[edit]| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1801 | 295 |
| 1831 | 390 |
| 1871 | 452 |
| 1881 | 457 |
| 1891 | 447 |
| 1911 | 407 |
| 2001 | 426 |
| 2011 | 380 |
Governance
[edit]Anelectoral wardin the name of the Civil Parish exists. This ward stretches south east to Saleby with a total population taken at the Census of 2011 of 1,826.[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Civil Parish population 2011".Retrieved23 August2015.
- ^Mills, Anthony David (2003);A Dictionary of British Place Names,p. 504,Oxford University Press,revised edition (2011).ISBN019960908X
- ^"Ward population 2011".Retrieved23 August2015.
Further reading
[edit]- Platt, John (2005);Withern: The Story of a Lincolnshire Parish,Louth Naturalists', Antiquarian & Literary Society.ISBN0953953335
External links
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