Monument record MLI33756 - St Andrew's Church and Churchyard, Folkingham

Summary

St Andrew's church and churchyard, Folkingham.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Medieval to Modern - 1175 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval to Modern - 1175 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1714 AD to 1826 AD)

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Full Description

Late 12th century parish church, with additions or alterations in the late 13th, early 14th and mid to late 15th centuries. The church is Early English to Perpendicular and has a distinctive Norman pier in the north wall of the chancel. It was restored in 1825, 1858 (by Kirk and Parry) and 1860 (by Edward Browning). For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5} Stained glass in this church dates to c.1330-50 and to the 14th century. {6} A church at Folkingham is mentioned in Domesday Book. {7} A Free School for the poor boys of the village was held within the church during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The school was founded in 1714 by Richard Brocklesby and was funded by various bequests. It was held in the western part of the church, which was partitioned off with "mean boarding", until 1826 when it was removed to the rectory by the schoolmaster at the time, Mr C.E. Welbourne (see PRN 37005). A fireplace was built in the south western corner of the nave for the use of the school, and part of the chimney stack can still be seen on the outside wall. A detailed description of the fabric and history of this church is given in several sources. {8}{9}{10}{11} It is thought that the church at Folkingham may have been of high status pre-Conquest, although no early sculpture or stonework survives in the current building. {12}

Sources/Archives (12)

  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 03 SE: 1.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: John Charles Cox. 1924. Little Guide: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). -.
  •  Article in Serial: 1913. Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. p.32.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 03 SE: S.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/63; 154.008.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Penny Hebgin-Barnes. 1996. The Medieval Stained Glass of the County of Lincolnshire. pp.91-2.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 24/82.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.282.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Money, Canon F.R.. 1985. A Walk-Round Guide to Folkingham Church and Village. pp.4-9.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Rev. Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. pp. 509, 511-14.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.715.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 1999. Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: Volume 5 - Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire. p.74.

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Grid reference Centred TF 07124 33732 (93m by 99m) Surveyed
Civil Parish FOLKINGHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Dec 6 2023 10:32AM

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