South Willingham is a village lying 8 miles south east of Market Rasen. It had a railway station on the Louth to Bardney line.

The cottage in the centre is made of mud and stud, a common method of construction in the east of the county

undated postcard

The font is square, with chamfered angles, on nine shafts with fillets. On the bowl are two quatrefoils on each side.

July 2011

View from the south-east.

July 2012

Memorial plaque, marble and slate, to Revd George Henry Curtois.

July 2012

The nave of St Martin's, rebuilt in 1838, has 14th century style windows, while the chancel with its plate-tracery is in part 13th century.

The interior contains a restored 15th century screen and a 19th century reredos.

July 2011

The tower of St Martin’s dates from the 14th century.

The nave, rebuilt in 1838, has 14th century style windows, while the chancel with its plate-tracery is in part 13th century.

July 2011

The view of St Martin's from the south-west shows clearly the relatively regular blocks of greenstone (Spilsby Sandstone) used in its construction.

July 2012

This was South Willingham mill, built for Edward Heneage c1870 and fitted out by Saundersons of Louth as a 6-sailer, converted to 4 sails in 1890s and finally demolished in1958.

It stood about halfway between S.Willingham and East Barkwith. The extended mill house survives.

(Information from Jon Sass, Lincolnshire Mills Group)

Karl Wood painting