Frampton Hall was built for Coney Tunnard in 1725. Additions and altererations were made in the nineteenth century.

The south (right) and west (left) elevations are shown here.

T R Leach Collection, undated postcard

Much of the interior of the church is Early English or Decorated in style.

The church was restored by Hodgson Fowler in 1890.

September 2011

View of St Mary's from the south-west.

August 2018

The west doorway into the base of the tower dates form the Early English period. It has a rounded arch inside but is pointed outside.

August 2018

Mounting steps built into the north wall of the churchyard.

August 2018

Priest's doorway dating from the Decorated period of architecture, with fleurons.

August 2018

Cast iron rainwater head marked with a date of improvement or maintenance work. Major restoration was undertaken by Hodgson Fowler in 1890.

August 2018

The prominent south transept with large window with reticulated tracery typical of the Decorated period (c.1320).

August 2018

View if St Michael's from the south-west.

It is remarkable that the church hall - an untidy wooden building - was sited so close to the church.

August 2018

St Michael's stands on the west side of the parish. It was built by James Fowler of Louth in 1863 as a private chapel for the Tunnard family of Frampton House.

It is built of Ancaster stone with brick and ashlar inside.

Peter Kirk Collection, 1993

James Fowler of Louth created this ornate bellcote in 1863.

August 2018

Decoration of vine leaves and grapes in the surround to the south doorway.

August 2018

Ball flower decoration - actually ivy - as a headstop.

August 2018

"The village name derives from the bridge crossing the South Forty-Foot Drain. Originally it was a wooden structure, and a new wooden bridge was erected about 1850, but was replaced again by a brick structure in 1888 by the County Justices for the Parts of Holland from designs of Mr John Kingston, County Surveyor"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubberts_Bridge 

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Plaque on the eastern side of the bridge which was rebuilt by the  Justices of Holland.

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These buildings immediately behind the Wheatsheaf Inn marked on the OS 25 inch map published 1905 as "Chemical Manure Works".

Entry in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 " Hammond W.G. & Co. Ltd. chemical manure manufacturers, brick & tile makers & coal merchants"

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Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at Hubbert's Bridge, built in 1871, and a Wesleyan chapel in Frampton Village"

"A List And Brief Details Of Chapels In The Boston Circuit Past And Present" prepared by Colin Shepherdson October 1996 (Revised August 1998) states :-

"The foundation stone for the Station Road chapel was laid on the 22.5.1871 and the foundation stone for an extension on the 19.8.1879.

The chapel interior was reversed, the front entrance was closed, and a new porch, kitchen and toilets were added and the remodelled building reopened on the 20.5.1978.

The last service was held on the 22.6.1997, when the membership stood at 10, and the chapel put up for sale, later the same year.

It was sold in June 1998 for conversion into a dwelling"

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"It is located on the Sleaford to Boston section of the Nottingham to Skegness line. Opened along with the line by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway in 1859.

The eastbound platform is longer than the westbound platform: it can accommodate a three-car train, whereas the westbound platform can only accommodate a two-car train"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubberts_Bridge_railway_station 

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1872 has an entry "Read Thomas, station master, Hubbert's Bridge".

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"A signal box at the West end of the station supervises a level crossing and the western end of the single track section from Boston.

However, the station itself is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern 'Help Points'".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubberts_Bridge_railway_station  

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Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 "Asplen, William, Wheat Sheaf P.H."

Did the pub change its name as White's Directory 1872 only lists the Station Inn in Hubberts Bridge "Hammond William Greeson, victualler, Station Inn,Hubbert's Bdg"?

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