Folkingham
Folkingham is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A15 road 11 miles north of Bourne and 10 miles south of Sleaford.Photo: CoolinG Dude, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Lofty, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 796 residents
- Description: village in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, UK
- Also known as: “Falkingham” and “Folkingham, Lincolnshire”
Photo: Rtic, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Folkingham and Folkingham Castle.
St Andrew’s Church, Folkingham
Church
Photo: Lofty, Public domain.
The Church of St Andrew in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England, is Grade I–listed Anglican church. Originating in the late 12th century, it was largely completed by the late 15th, with restorations carried out in 1825, 1858 and 1860.
Folkingham Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Folkingham Castle is located near the village of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. The castle was the caput baroniae of the barony of Folkingham. A motte-and-bailey castle was constructed around the late 11th century by Gilbert de Gant, a Flemish soldier in William the Conqueror’s retinue.
Folkingham Manor House
House
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Folkingham Manor House is a historic manor house, which was built around 1650, and is located at 8 Market Place, Folkingham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newton and Sempringham.
Newton
Village
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newton is a village in the civil parish of Newton and Haceby, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 8 miles east from the town of Grantham, 7 miles south from Sleaford, and less than 1 mile south from the A52 road. Newton is situated 2 miles northwest of Folkingham.
Sempringham
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sempringham is a village in the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles south from the A52 road, 12 miles east from Grantham and 8 miles north from Bourne. Sempringham is situated 3 miles east of Folkingham.
Haceby
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haceby is a village in the civil parish of Newton and Haceby in the district of North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is 8 miles east from Grantham, 8 miles south from Sleaford, and 1 mile south from the A52 road. Haceby is situated 3 miles northwest of Folkingham.
Folkingham
- Category: locality
- Location: Folkingham, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.88972° or 52° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
-0.40794° or 0° 24′ 29″ westPopulation
796Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)Open location code
9C4XVHQR+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 643429748OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2649256Wikidata ID
Q2705733
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Folkingham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فولكينجهام”
- Basque: “Folkingham”
- Cebuano: “Folkingham”
- Dutch: “Folkingham”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فولكينجهام”
- French: “Folkingham”
- Irish: “Folkingham”
- Italian: “Folkingham”
- Persian: “فولکینگهم”
- Polish: “Folkingham”
- Spanish: “Folkingham”
- Swedish: “Folkingham”
- Turkish: “Folkingham”
- Welsh: “Folkingham”
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