Mareham on the Hill
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Mareham on the Hill is a village and civil parish
about 2.5 miles (4 km) south east of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire
, England.
Mareham on the Hill was listed in Domesday Book
of 1086 as having one household and eight acres of woodland.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints
and is a grade II* listed building dating from the 15th century, although it was restored in 1780 and remodelled in 1804. It is built of green sandstone
, limestone
and red brick, and is colourwashed.
Mareham Grange farmhouse is a grade II listed 18th century red brick farmhouse with 20th century alterations.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
about 2.5 miles (4 km) south east of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England.
Mareham on the Hill was listed in Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
of 1086 as having one household and eight acres of woodland.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints
All Saints
All Saints' Day , often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown...
and is a grade II* listed building dating from the 15th century, although it was restored in 1780 and remodelled in 1804. It is built of green sandstone
Sandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
, limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
and red brick, and is colourwashed.
Mareham Grange farmhouse is a grade II listed 18th century red brick farmhouse with 20th century alterations.