Heapham

Heapham
Heapham windmill
Heapham  Heapham shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK875883
– London	135 mi (217 km)  S
Unitary authority	West Lindsey
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gainsborough
Postcode district	DN21
Dialling code	01427
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°23′04″N 0°41′06″W / 53.384407°N 0.685094°W

Heapham is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east from Gainsborough.

Heapham Anglican Grade II listed parish church is dedicated to All Saints. The church tower is of Saxon origin; the main body, Norman. The church was restored in 1868.^[1][2] The churchyard contains the war grave of a Sherwood Foresters soldier of the First World War.^[3]

Two chapels were built by Wesleyan Methodists, one in 1842 the other, Grade II listed, in 1897.^[4] Other listed buildings^[5] include Heapham Windmill, described as "The most complete windmill in West Lindsey".^[6][7]

References

1. Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 162-163; Methuen & Co. Ltd
2. Kelly’s Directory of Lincolnshire with the Port of Hull, 1885, p. 472
3. CWGC Casualty Record.
4. Heapham, genuki.org.uk; retrieved 22 June 2011
5. "Listed Buildings in Heapham", British Listed Buildings; retrieved 22 June 2011
6. Heapham Windmill, British Listed Buildings; retrieved 22 June 2011
7. Heapham windmill, windmillworld.com; retrieved 22 June 2011