Winteringham History & Genealogy

Winteringham Local History and Genealogy

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Important Winteringham Anniversaries

Here’s some of the important anniversaries coming up in the next few years ....

100th Anniversary
2012
“A Guide & Handbook to Winteringham and District”
by CE Trimmer & DL Andrew, dedicated to Edmund Cordeaux

1,000th Anniversary
12th November 2012
The village was attacked by Vikings in 1012.


150th Anniversary
4th - 11th September 2013
Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll of Alice in Wonderland fame) visited the village, stayed at the Rectory, and took photos of the church, the Rector, his wife, the Curate and children at the National School.


800th Anniversary
15th June 2015
Magna Carta was signed, by Winteringham’s Robert Marmion the Younger, among others in 1215.

100th Anniversary
4th April 2017
102 year old former Mayor of Winterinbgham, Edmund Cordeaux died.


700th Anniversary
26th September 2017

Edward II granted a charter for a market and fair to be held at Winteringham, in 1317.

 

Evacuees

Were you, or one of your family, one of “our” evacuees?  We’d love to hear from you!

Fascinating Winteringham Photos
many with mysteries attached!
Click any photo for more information

Winteringham men on a night out in Scunthorpe

Winteringham Soldier 3

Winteringham Soldier 1

Winteringham Soldier 2

Winteringham Wedding

Burkills - Four Generations

Martha E Burkill

Sarah Ann Shaw

Winteringham School - families

 

Now OVER 500 pages of Winteringham History!
There’s more than 500 pages of Winteringham history on the site, so to search out those pages that you require, use the Winteringham Search Page, or go to the Site Map page, by clicking the navigation button at the top of this page.

Winteringham Info Logo - Florrie Nicholson

 

Local History Web Ring
Family History Quests
FamilyHistoryQuests.co.uk
Villages online

UKGID Logo

 

Irish and British Villages

 

Latest Winteringham Update: 18th May 2012
This Month’s Updates to this site:
Home, Postcard: new page: Winteringham Haven and Boatyard; new page: Winteringham Drama Group c.1950; new page: Church Fete 1973; new page: Burials 1581-1590
On this day in Winteringham ....

2003: Restored South Transept Window dedicated

NEXT UPDATE: Sunday 27th May

Postcard of Haven - 1200 dpi 525w

Geo Handson


Mark found this name tag, reading: “Geo Handson, Winteringham” recently in a field in Winteringham.  Photo: courtesy of Ken Jacobs. 
Val Peill has discovered George on the 1911 Census.  Here are his details on that: George William Handson, aged 56, single, Butcher, (Employed on) Own account, (Living) at home, born Winteringham.

Winteringham Marriage Register
Burials 1581-1590;

Val Peill, Kay Ashberry and Chris Knowles

WINTERINGHAM CHURCH FETE 1973 - 150wWinteringham Church Fete 1973

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WINTERINGHAM DRAMA GROUP C.1950 22 150wWinteringham Drama Group c. 1950

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Postcard of Haven - 1200 dpi 150wPostcard: Haven and Boatyard

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WI say GoodbyeWI say goodbye to Miss Brown and Miss Malone
Mary Fell
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An Edwardian Diary (It’s gone well beyond the Edwardian period now!)
More extracts from a diary of one of the Burkills from Winteringham - now includes extracts from 1904-1933
Val Peill, by courtesy of Kath Smith
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Boys on bikesWinteringham People of the 1930s
Frank Bray - Frank, Aidan and Joan Harrison
Christine Hammond & Chris Snowdon
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Dorothy Bray's WeddingWinteringham Wedding
Dorothy Bray - 1936
Christine Hammond
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Isle of Axholme, and Atalanta drop passengers at WinteringhamScunthorpe Telegraph article about ferries .... and a later correction!
When the Scunthorpe Telegraph reckoned Atalanta and Isle of Axholme were dropping off ferry-passengers at the Haven .... and their correction!
Andrew Snowdon
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Railway article 1949Scunthorpe Telegraph article 1949  
“Wayfarer” article with direct quotes from Mr Yewdall (engineer), Mr S A Freeman (stationmaster at Winterton with Thealby), Mr Walter Brickell (stationmaster at Normanby Park), & Mr Fred Lee (stationmaster at Winteringham & Whitton)
Andrew Snowdon
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Scunthorpe Telegraph article 1979  
Includes some terrific nuggets of historical information from Aidan Harrison!
Andrew Snowdon
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Winteringham Cricket Club badge
Cricket Club Badge
Andrew Snowdon
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NB: The badge is shown well down the page on the Cricket Club page .... just above an article from the Scunthorpe Telegraph that explains its origins!

Mill Sale Winteringham
Mill to be sold - 1829
Val Peill, scanned by Ken Jacobs
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Haven at Low Tide
The Haven at Low Tide
John Kirk
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Aerial photo circa 1960
Aerial Photo circa 1960
John H Bratton
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Paper Cutting
“Dear Sir” - re the Bay Horse
Val Peill, scanned by Ken Jacobs
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West End and School House Winteringham
West End and School House
Val Peill, scanned by Ken Jacobs
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Burkills at the Nest
Burkills, at “The Nest”
Val Peill, scanned by Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham School 1970s photos
Winteringham School Photos from the 1970s
Val Peill, scanned by Ken Jacobs
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Western Green
Western Green
Val Peill, scanned by Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham CC 1948 Champions
Postcard: School House and Shoemakers Lane
John Kirk
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Winteringham CC 1948 Champions
Champions!  Winteringham Cricket Club 1948
Kindly provided by Jane Harry and scanned by Ken Jacobs
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Cricket bronze badge
Mysterious badge found
Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham Rectory by Freda Rudston Read
Freda Rudston Read’s Winteringham sketches
kindly supplied by John Elverson
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Nelly Robinson
1857 photos of old folk from Winteringham
kindly supplied by John Elverson
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Zinteringhq; Rectory 1857
1857 photo of the Rectory
kindly supplied by John Elverson
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Bill Bent
Norries Ark
newspaper cutting supplied by Valerie Mercer
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Winteringham School 1950-1951
Winteringham Primary School 1950-1951
Sandra Clayton
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Pong Shop
Pong Shop, 1979
John H Bratton
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Barges
Barges, 1979
John H Bratton
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Pigsties
Pigsties, 1979
John H Bratton
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Lysaghts
Steelworks from Winteringham, 1979
John H Bratton
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Winteringham Chapel 1979
The Chapel, 1979
John H Bratton
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Winteringham Church 31-12-1978
The Church, 31st December 1978
John H Bratton
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School House 31-12-1978
The School House, 31st December 1978
John H Bratton
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The Orchard 1979 by John Bratton
The Orchard, 1979
John H Bratton
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Thomas Frederick Rudston Read
The family tree of Rev TFR Read - here
Photos of Rev TFR Read - here

Kindly supplied and scanned by John Elverson

Thomas Frederick Rudston Read
The life of Rev Thomas Frederick Rudston Read .... by Rev Thomas Frederick Rudston Read!
Kindly supplied, scanned and transcribed by John Elverson
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Winteringham Primary School 1949
Winteringham Primary School 1949
Sandra Clayton
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Winteringham Primary School 1952
Winteringham Primary School 1952
Leonard Hunsley, scanned by Sandra Clayton
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Winteringham Marriage Register
Burials 1801-1810 ..... abortion, scrophula, burning, declines, and an epidemic of measles amongst the village’s children
Val Peill, Kay Ashberry and Chris Knowles
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Mrs Barratt's Boarding School for Young Ladies
An advert for Mrs Barratt’s Boarding School for Young Ladies
Sandra Clayton
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A request from Sarah:   I have been trying to find out where the original manuscript of Adam's 'Private Thoughts' is located, I know that it was translated and edited from the shorthand journal Adam kept and would very much like the opportunity to see that journal if it still exists. Any information you can give me about this would be extremely useful.

1851 Restoration accounts
Winteringham Church - Accounts for the 1851 Restoration
Sandra Clayton
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William Marmion
Detailed photographs of the Marmion effigy in Winteringham Church
Ken Jacobs
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Light Railway Amendment Order 1913
North Lindsey Light Railway Amendment Order 1913
John Kirk
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Winteringham Post card posted in 1943
Winteringham Postcard, posted 20th September 1943, from Winteringham
John Kirk
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Winteringham Church
Winteringham Church - A poem by Agnes Codling
Sandra Clayton
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Rev Charles Knowles
A photo of Rev Charles Knowles
Sandra Clayton
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Bill Bent
A Soldier’s Tale, Part 3
Valerie Mercer
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Winteringham Church
Headstones


All headstones from the churchyard for which we have photographs (over 200 of them) are now on the site.  Higher resolution photos are available for most of these.

Winteringham National School
Victorian Boys Names in Winteringham


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Winteringham National School
Victorian Girls Names in Winteringham


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1871 Census Facts and Figures


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1891 Census Facts and Figures


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Kelly's Directory
1933 Directory added


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Winteringham WI
WI Entertain Village Children

Kath Burkill/Christine Hammond
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Temperance Hall, Winteringham
Temperance Hall, Methodist Fundraisers

Kath Burkill/Christine Hammond
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Rose Queen, Winteringham c1960
Rose Queen 1960
Kath Burkill/Christine Hammond
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Seat, Almshouses
A new seat outside Almshouses
Kath Burkill/Christine Hammond
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Summer fete Winteringham
A Summer Fete
Kath Burkill/Christine Hammond
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National Scool about 1928
National School about 1928
Val Peill
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John Foster - Poetry Book
John Foster, Shoemaker & Poet
Sandra Clayton
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Cub Scouts
Cub Scouts and the new tent
Val Peill
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Preparing the Pitch
Winteringham Cricket Club - the Croft
John Kirkby
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Winteringham Cricket Club - the players
Winteringham Cricket Club - the Teams
John Kirkby
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Winteringham Cricket Club Dinners
Winteringham Cricket Club - the Dinners
John Kirkby
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Winteringham Haven
More details of boats built in Winteringham
(plus - “Haven” and “Boatbuilding” pages are now separate ones)
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Captain Dudding, Malta, 1904
Captain Dudding Malta 1904

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Winteringham School Infants Class, 1930s
Winteringham School Infants, 1930s
Valerie Mercer
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Brigg Workhouse
Winteringham Overseers of the Poor expenditure examples 1804-1809
Rex Russell, provided by Sandra Clayton
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Winteringham Sports 1907
Winteringham Sports - the grandstand
Valerie Mercer
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Robert Storry Winteringham Curate
Winteringham Curate - Robert Storry

more ... on the Thomas Adam page (for whom he was curate)

John Foster, Winteringham poet
Winteringham Poet of 18th century rediscovered
(John Foster, or Forster, book published 1797 or 1798)
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Potato Picking, Winteringham, 1940
Winteringham Potato Picking circa 1940
Valerie Mercer
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Spring House Winteringham
Winteringham Spring House
Valerie Mercer
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School Play Winteringham 1957
Winteringham School Play 1957
Katharine Willis
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W J Sutton 1957
Winteringham Cricket Club - “Wayfarer” article August 1957, and the new club badge
Sandra Clayton
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Brigg WorkhouseWinterton Poorhouse
Sandra Clayton and Val Peill
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Note: The picture to the left, supplied by Valerie Mercer, is of Brigg Workhouse which superseded Winterton Workhouse in the late 1830s, and to which Winteringham poor were sent from that time onwards.

Circa 1980 Winteringham School Cheque Presentation
Winteringham Primary School cheque presentation about 1980
Sandra Clayton

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Winteringham WI floats for Winterton Show
More WI Floats for Winterton Show
Christine Hammond

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Winteringham School Staff 50th Anniversary 1978
Winteringham Primary School Staff Photo, for the school’s 50th anniversary in 1978
Sandra Clayton

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Winteringham School, Miss Coggan's Class 1957
Miss Coggan’s Class, 1957
Ann Weatherhogg, scanned by Christine Hammond

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Winteringham WI Float - General Hospital
WI Float for Winterton Show - General Hospital
Sandra Clayton

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Valerie and Helen Bent, West End, Winteringham
In West End, 1958
Valerie Mercer, scanned by Jamie Crowston

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Fancy Dress at the Winteringham Chapel Fete 1958
Fancy Dress at the Chapel Fete, 1958
Valerie Mercer, scanned by Jamie Crowston

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Miss Malone's Class, Winteringham School, 1957
Miss Malone’s Class, 1957
Valerie Mercer, scanned by Jamie Crowston

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Winteringham Haven
The Storm of December 1874 - a poem, by Ann Barratt
from research by Kay Ashberry

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NLLR Opening poster
Poster advertising the opening of the NLLR to Winteringham and West Halton
from research by Flyer Robinson

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James Knott
Winteringham man who fought in Boer War
Chris Butler

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Winteringham WI Float
1970s WI Floats for Winterton Show
Sarah Delisle

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Haven postcard
The Haven
Chris Snowdon

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Spring House
Spring House
Chris Snowdon

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Railway Plans 1905
Railway Extension Plans
Sandra Clayton, scanned by Ken Jacobs
In 1905 plans were made to extend the NLLR to Burton Stather to the west and to Barton to the east.  Thanks to Sandra and Ken we can now see these detailed plans of railways that were never built.
Plan 1  Plan 2  Plan 3

Low Burgage
Low Burgage
Kay Ashberry, scanned by Ken Jacobs

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Almshouses Town End Winteringham
Almshouses, circa 1900
Sandra Clayton

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Marsh Lane
In Marsh Lane
Sandra Clayton

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Winteringham Choir 1950s
Winteringham Choir 1950s
Sandra Clayton & Val Peill

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Charles PeaceThe most infamous Victorian Villain was arrested by
A Winteringham National Hero!

The amazing story of PC Edward Robinson, and the villain Charles Peace.  Click here

Maurice Ogg as a young boyBritish Library:Old Folk Songs, sung by Winteringham’s Maurice Ogg, with some learned from other Winteringham people.  Click here

A song called “Air for Maurice Ogg” can be heard on YouTube here.

Winteringham Harvest Home
Winteringham Harvest Home 1862 poster
Sandra Clayton & Val Peill

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National School Announcement 1845
Winteringham National School Announcement
Sandra Clayton

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Katharine and Peter Willis and Margaret Potts
Manor Farm Childhood - Latest Story... “One summer school day”
Katharine Willis

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Rodeo Poem
The Winteringham Rodeo
by Vera Jollands, supplied by Val Peill

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Arthur Teal
Winteringham featured in the Lincolnshire Times 1961
Sandra Clayton

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Z G Yewdall
Z G Yewdall, a man who made his mark on Winteringham!
Charles Parker

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Catalogue page
Manor Farm sale catalogue 1958
Katharine Willis

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Farm Sale icon
The Farm Sale when the Horses were named!
Sandra Clayton

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Manor Farmworkers
Manor Farm photographs
Katharine Willis

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Katharine and Peter Willis, with Margaret Potts
Manor Farm Dairy Cattle
Katharine Willis

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Winteringham School 1950s
Winteringham School Group, 1950s
Katharine Willis

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The Brown familyThe Brown Family
Beverley Lucas

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Cottage in West End, WinteringhamCottage in West End (now demolished)
A beautiful summer day in West End, and enjoying the sun is Mrs Barber.

Photograph supplied by the Barber family, Sandra Clayton and Val Peill
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Christmas Party National School WinteringhamOld folks Christmas Party
The oldest man and oldest woman in the village pull a cracker for the camera in this 1950s photo

Photograph supplied by Sandra Clayton and Val Peill
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At Cleethorpes swimming poolTo the seaside
Off to Cleethorpes in the mid-fifties with the Chapel, and what better way to cool off than at the Cleethorpes Open-air Swimming Pool?

Photograph supplied by Sandra Clayton and Val Peill
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Winteringham Temperance HallTemperance Hall in the 1930s
The latest pic on the site is the Temperance Hall, supplied by Marjorie Bratton, and scanned by Ken
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Local mapMap - showing railways that were never built!
Here’s a map from Flyer that his grandad used for planning his bike rides ... which includes the Winteringham to Barton, and Whitton to Alkborough railways!  Also the main road is shown as Ermine Street to Winterton, then Winteringham Road to Mere Crossroads!
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Alf Simons potato clampingPotato clamping
Alf Simons prepares a potato clamp - one of the latest newspaper cuttings, which also include the Bay Horse and the village pump, supplied by Mary Fell
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Pals 1933When horses ruled the farm ...
Mary Fell’s father-in-law poses with a pair of horses as he ploughs a field in 1933
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High Burgage and CowsHigh Burgage
Chris Snowdon

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Cliff Road 1950sCliff Road in the 1950s
Julie Armstrong

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Church PostcardChurch Postcard
Chris Snowdon

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Maurice Bell Maurice Bell’s Croix de Guerre

Val Peill and Sandra Clayton

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Fair Poster 1907Winteringham Sports and Fair, July 1907
All the details of the events from a poster of the time!

Val Peill and Sandra Clayton

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1851 Guest at the Bay HorseWho is this guest at the Bay Horse in 1851?
... and why do we owe him a debt of gratitude from then?

Linda Griffiths explains all ...

Charles William Burkill's handwriting exercise Handwriting from the 19th century
Mary Fell has sent us some handwriting by Charles William Burkill, from 1860, and from Mary Jane Robinson from 1871.
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Winteringham Pong Shop“The Pong Shop”
Ken Jacobs
Ken has recorded Winteringham’s iconic Pong Shop for posterity
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West End Winteringham“New” postcard of West End
Les Burkill provides us with a wonderful winter view of West End.  Kindly scanned by Ken Jacobs
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High Burgage WinteringhamThree “New” postcards of High Burgage
Les Burkill provides us with wonderful views of the Ferry Boat Inn, the Primitive Chapel and Edwin Bray’s shop in old postcards of High Burgage.  Kindly scanned by Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham Marriage Register Rose/Waddingham Family Research
Sue Kerrawn is looking for people who may be researching the Rose - Waddingham families of Winteringham
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Ralph HarrisonRalph Harrison - the man who handled £1½ million a month
Our “latest” newspaper cutting!
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Sir Thomas LiptonWhat has a postcard of Sir Thomas Lipton to do with Winteringham?
Strangely ... possibly the best weekend ever in the village!
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Low Burgage Post CardLow Burgage Postcard
Looking north from Gate End
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Old Barn, Ferry Lane WinteringhamFerry Lane Barn
Ken was invited to record all aspects of the barn in Ferry Road shortly before demolition ...
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Demolition Pictures

National SchoolNational School Interior
The inside of the National School, when it was used as a village events venue
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West End Boys
West End Boys
Kindly supplied by Marjorie Bratton and scanned by Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham Football Team 1946
Football Team 1946
Kindly supplied by Val Peill and scanned by Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham School Group 1960
School Groups from 1955 & 1960, Sports Day 1974
Two more School Group photos added, courtesy of David Hatton, named by Val Peill, and scanned by Ken Jacobs
1955 School Group
1960 School Group
1974 Sports Day

CoOp van in High Burgage
Latest Old Photos and Post Cards!
More photos and postcards from Marjorie Bratton, scanned by Ken Jacobs
The Co-op Butcher’s van in High Burgage
The Haven

HMS Vanity - Winteringham's Warhip
HMS Vanity - Winteringham’s Warship
HMS Vanity was adopted by Winteringham in Warship Week 1941.  The son of the radar operator on the ship has now got in touch to try to find out more about “our” ship.
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Brumby Family
Mary Brumby’s Fantastic Maths Books
When Mary Brumby was working out her maths, and shopping lists, little could she have known how intriguing they would be 95 years later ... or that her work would be visible to people round the globe!
shopping lists ; maths

School Road Winteringham in the 1950s
School Road Winteringham in the 1950s, looking north
Our latest photograph, from Geoff Greaves and Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham Intermediate football team
Can you name any of the Winteringham intermediate football team from 1946-7?
Rol Button names the lot!
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Planting a tree at the schoolPhotos of the 1970s & 1980s
Vicky Cameron, who lived in Western Green in the 1970s & 1980s, has noticed that we have few photos from that era on the websites. There must be many photos from those years that would be of interest to Vicky, and all our visitors. Have you any that we could have on the site?  You’d make Vicky’s day!

Flyer Robinson at Winteringham 6
‘A Winteringham Boyhood’
The latest reminscences of a Winteringham boyhood in the 1950s and 60s by Flyer Robinson  more...

The Swell
Whatever happened to the “Swell”
No-one seemed to know what had happened to this beautiful steam drifter built at Winteringham - until Flyer did some research...

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George William Green
The Green Brothers
by Patricia Green

The tragic story of the Silver Street family who lost two brothers in the Great War, and a third brother became a prisoner of war ...
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Winteringham section, Lincolnshire Times 18th June 1949
‘Lincolnshire Times 1949’
by John Kirk

When my aunt gave me my grandfather’s chest, look what was inside!
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Robert Bratton born in Winteringham 1846
Robert Bratton
Tina Veall

Tina’s photo of Robert Bratton, has now been added to the “Bratton” page with further details
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Dinah Shaw
‘More Burkill photographs - Dinah Shaw’
by John Bosnell

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Tracks and waggons at Winteringham
‘David Harrison’s Winteringham memories’
David remembers Jim Sewell, an invitation onto the footplate of an engine at Winteringham Station, and playing cricket in the Croft ...  more...

Percy Hall
Percy Hall
Mary Fell
Mary remembers Percy Hall and his brother Reginald who was killed during the Second World War.
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Frank Brown headstone Bailleul France
Frank Brown information
Pamela Jean Sellers , grand daughter of Maud Brown
We had no information on Winteringham soldier Frank Brown, a fallen hero of the Great War.  Until Pam Sellers contacted us  ...
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Winteringham Church postcard
Beautiful Church postcard added
A wonderful post card of Winteringham Church featuring 4 villagers ...
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Ferry Lane
‘That Reminds Me! ... 2’
Memories of Old Winteringham stirred by some of Ken’s modern photographs
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Ferry Boat Inn Winteringham
19th Century Poem about the Ferry Boat ...
The bells ... the bells ...
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NLLR Directors Report 1919
‘NLLR Directors Report for AGM 1920’
The accounts, railways owned and projected etc for the NLLR in 1919 , for the AGM of 1920
by kind permission of www.the7820library.org.uk
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NLLR letter from Winteringham, 1909
‘A letter from Winteringham Station...’
It’s 1909, and Zachariah Yewdall writes to Sam Fay, General Manager of the Great Central...  by kind permission of www.the7820library.org.uk
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Orchard Close
‘That Reminds Me!’
Memories of Old Winteringham stirred by some of Ken’s modern photographs
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Neuf Marche wayside chapel
A 300 year-old mystery
Dr Stukely posed us a Winteringham mystery almost 300 years ago ... To what was he referring?  Where in Winteringham was it?

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Winteringham Church from the Hill
The Church from the Hill
Our latest acquisition of old postcards

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Spencer Wedding
The Spencer family of Winteringham & Winterton

Jill Floyd
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Herbert Porkess
Herbert Porkess
A photo of this Winteringham gentleman
Chris Snowdon
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Homes and Haunts of Henry Kirke White
‘Homes and Haunts of Henry Kirke White’
Scans of the “Winteringham” pages of this book, published in 1908
scans of the pages (not searchable for words)
transcriptions of the pages (searchable for words)

Winteringham School Canteen
‘Dining in’
A well-loved building in Winteringham holds fascinating memories ... is one of them your’s?
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Winteringham Cricket Club Brocklesby enquire after our cricket scorebooks
Richard Bedwell on behalf of Brocklesby Cricket Club, would be interested in scorebooks of games between Winteringham and Brocklesby, especially pre-1948.  If you know the whereabouts of ANY of the Winteringham scorebooks, please contact us.

Brocklesby Park CC site

Walnut Farm Cottage Well
’Well, Well, Well!’
A well is discovered at Walnut Farm Cottage as the roof is completed ...
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Cartwheel Penny
Will this Cartwheel Penny forever hold its Winteringham secret?
 
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Cleethorpes Pier
’Flyer’s Family Album of days out in Cleethorpes’
left: When the UK’s current shortest seaside pier, was almost a quarter of a mile long!
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Old Boot from Walnut Farm Winteringham
Walnut Farm renovation - latest ...
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NOW ... More information on the boot!  Update!
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Winteringham Warehouse
Looking for Grasby, or Grassby information
Fay Colmer is looking for information about the Grasby, or Grassby family of Winteringham.  Can you help?
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Winteringham Video Archive
Low Burgage & the Haven 1970 - film

See Low Burgage still with Maltkiln, weighbridge Office, railway gates , the Warehouse, ... and the Haven with the remnants of the Railway Wharf ... all from almost 40 years ago!
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The Anson
Winteringham’s Transported Convicts
Marlene Walters
Marlene has sent us more details of the unfortunate Winteringham men who were transported to the other side of the world
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Lincolnshire YeomanryPostcard of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry, featuring, and sent by, a Winteringham War Hero 100 years ago
Andrew Snowdon & Aidan Harrison
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For details of Elias William Field, click here

Elias W Field Winteringham Soldier of the Great War
Winteringham War Hero, from the Ferry Boat Inn
Andrew Snowdon & Aidan Harrison
Photos of Elias William Field, one of the men commemorated on the Winteringham War Memorial
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Winteringham Cricket Club
Winteringham Cricket Club Photos
Andrew Snowdon & Aidan Harrison
The Winteringham Cricket Club team in its cup-winning heyday!
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Winteringham Home Guard
More names added
Andrew Snowdon
Andrew names this Winteringham Railwayman in the Home Guard photo, provides us with a date and further names for the football team photo, and spots his mother and uncle in the National School photos.

Winteringham Church from West
High detail postcard added
We have a new version of this postcard on the site, showing Winteringham Church from the West.
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Winteringham Railway at War
Winteringham Railway at War
Chris Snowdon
What was the role of the railway at Winteringham during the Second World War.  Chris reveals all - or almost all!
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Winteringham Stationmaster's House
Winteringham Stationmaster’s House
Flyer Robinson
Flyer describes in great detail the stationmaster’s house as he knew it in the 1950s.  A wonderful description of every part of the house and gardens!
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Winteringham Marriage Register
Looking for Gunson information
Alan Gunson is looking for specific information about the Gunson family of Winteringham.  Can you help?
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Winteringham Earlsgate Farm Postcard
Earlsgate Farm Postcard
Supplied by Harry Wells
Harry provides us with this view of West End in yesteryear
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Bernard Hunsely
Final Resting Place of Winteringham Hero
We believe this to be the final resting place of Bernard Hunsley from the Winteringham War Memorial.
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Winteringham Railway in Operation
Winteringham Railway in Everyday Operation
by Ken Jacobs, and Mrs Corney
A fantastic photo showing the Winteringham line as it was when passenger trains still ran.
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Winteringham Station
Lazarus the Rabbit and I - both in a stew!
by Chris Snowdon
We’re looking for personal memories of the railway at Winteringham.  Do you have memories relating to our railway?
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Low Burgage Winteringham
1939
affectionately remembered by Kathleen Phillips
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Ogg Research
Ogg Family Genealogy...
Research by Elaine Harrison (Ogg) on the Ogg framily of Winteringham

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Parish Registers
Frow Researchers...
Carol Rollin is looking for other researchers into the Frow family of Winteringham, Winterton and Appleby.

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Elias William Field Plaque Plaque Commemorating Elias William Field
Chris and Andrew Snowdon reveal plaque to Winteringham Great War hero.

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Herbert PorkessHerbert Porkess, a Winteringham Character
affectionately remembered by Chris Snowdon.  Now updated with information from Roger Porkess.
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Winteringham Ann Barratt's Poem Side 1 Winteringham poem “comes home”
Poem written by Winteringham’s Ann Barratt to Queen Victoria

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Suttons
Bonnie looks for Winteringham Sutton information ...
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Mists of War 1917
Winteringham war hero killed after order cancelling attack fails to come through ...
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Meggitt Cottage, WinteringhamMeggitt Cottage
Thanks to Val Peill and a member of the Ladley family, we now have a photograph of Meggitt Lane Cottage ...

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Dick Turpin
His Winteringham connections ...
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Lewis Carroll
The missing Winteringham photos from the man who wrote Alice in Wonderland ...
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Railway Wharf 1965 Fire!
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On this date in Winteringham
history

Winteringham
in May Days of Old

May: Celebrations all round!

May 1st
1700s: Thomas Adam wrote: On May Day the common pasture called the Marsh was stocked with horses, cows, and other cattle. On this occasion it was usual to have bull-fighting, and the worst passions of the owners were stirred up.

May 1st
1820s: Milkmaids always dressed the lugs (ears or handles) of their milk kits (buckets) with leaves on May Day morning. 

May 2nd 1796
Meeting at House of Mr George Bell: re enclosure:

May 2nd 2005
2005 Winteringham 60th Anniversary celebrations of VE Day

May 3rd 1656
The banns of marriage were published for the third time in Winteringham Market Place for the marriage of Thomas Wressell of Winteringham, and Margaret Davison of Burton super Stather.  Thomas was one of Lincolnshire's leading Quakers, and spent several years in Lincoln prison for his beliefs. 

May 3rd 1812
Martha Percival, infant daughter of the miller William Percival died.  The following May (1813) John Percival died in infancy, followed by John Myers Percival in June 1814, and in 1817 by one-year-old Edward Percival.

May 3rd 1918
HMS Vanity, the ship adopted by the residents of Winteringham during World War II, was launched.

May 4th 1883
NATIONAL SCHOOL - The needlework specimens done by the girls - infants and elder scholars - of the above school, were examined on Wednesday by Mrs Chapman, of Coleby Hall, and Miss Barnet, of Nottingham, for the purpose of apportioning prizes.  The following received prizes:- Clara Burkill, Emma Warburton, Emma Storme, Annie Mary Bratton, Annie Bell, Rose Hall, Minnie Kendall, Annie Waddingham, and Annie Sergeant.  In addition to these the infants' efforts of skill were rewarded with words of encouragement and sixpence given to each child by Mrs Chapman.  The prizes were given by Mrs Knowles, Mrs Chapman, and Miss Barnet.  Satisfaction was expressed at the manner in which the work was done, it being considered an improvement on last year's work.  On Thursday there was a sale of the different articles worked by the children, and the prizes were distributed to those who had gained them.  A very fair sale of the articles offered was effected.

May 5th 1882
WINTERTON PETTY SESSIONS. - FRIDAY [For Friday 5th May 1882]

Before the Revs C. Knowles and J. E. Cross, and W. Chapman and J. G . Constable, Esqs.

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Wesley Grant, higgler, summoned for allowing his horse to stray on the highway on the 21st ult., was find 7s 6d, including costs.

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Attendance orders were made on ... Thomas Threadgold, George Clayton, and George Lloyd, of Winteringham, to send their children to the National Schools.

May 6th 1880
MR. PERCIVAL SMITH will SELL by AUCTION, upon the Farm Premises of the late Mr. C. W. Burkill, Sluice-lane, near Winteringham, on THURSDAY, May 6th, 1880, the whole of the valuable Live and Dead FARMING STOCK, comprising 11 horses, 47 beasts, 300 sheep, 2 pork pigs, about 20 couples of fowls, and the usual complement of implements.  For further particulars, see bills and cards.  Luncheon, by ticket, at Ten o'clock; the Sale to commence immediately after.  Trains to stop at the Appleby Railway Station at convenient times for the Sale, where conveyances may be had.
Winterton, April 27th, 1880.

May 7th 1884
George Fowler, of Winterton, was summoned by P.C. Gadsby for allowing his pony to stray on the highway at Winteringham.  Defendant had tied it to his cart on a piece of waste ground, but it broke loose.  Fined 2s 6d, and 5s 6d costs.

May 7th 1945
[from the school log books] "At the end of the afternoon session an assembly was held at which praise & thanksgiving were offered to God for the conclusion of war in Europe."

May 8th 1754
Court Roll, Winteringham: Surrender of Edward Smith to his own use for life, afterwards for his daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Westoby, yeoman. A messuage, high burgage east, king's highway west, the lord's land south, lands of Sparrow hall north, in the occupation of John Laming, and 4 cowgates and 1 horsegate in the Marsh, Rotten Sikes, Low Groves and Western Green, in Winteringham. Rent: 1s. Fine: 2s. Lord: Richard earl of Scarborough. Steward: Thomas Hutton, gent.

May 8th 1945
"School assembled. The Union Jack hoisted with the singing of God Save the King and the children were dismissed for 2 days VE holiday."

May 8th 1945
VE Day celebrations held in the Maltkiln, Low Burgage

May 9th 1855
There were only 4 weddings in Winteringham in 1855 - and they all took place in May!  Not only that, but two took place on a single day - May 9th 1855!

May 9th 1873
TRINITY HOUSE, HULL.
Humber Buoyage and Beaconage,
9th May, 1873
WHITTON NESS SAND
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in consequence of changes in the direction of the channels below Whitton Ness, the TEMPORARY LIGHT, which has been exhibited since the 30th November last on the east side of Winteringham Haven, will be DISCONTINUED, and the WHITTON FLOATING LIGHT VESSEL will be again moored off the Ness as a guide for vessels rounding the Ness.
The Channel along the Lincolnshire Shore, near Winteringham Lights, has so far opened out as to be again navigable, and the vessels using it should keep well in towards the land, as the deepest water is close to the shore.
By order,
EDWARD S. WILSON
Secretary

May 11th 1675
John Dinsdall, yeoman, probate inventory values his estate at £15-3-4, £10 of which was for four cowes and one spaininge calf (a weaner).

May 11th 1726
Thomas Adam instituted into the Rectory.

May 12th 1747
Court Roll: Winteringham: Surrender of Thomas Foster to George Serjeant of Winteringham, carpenter. A messuage with orchard and yard, western green south and west, Thomas Foster north, lands of the lord east, and 2 cowgates and half a horse gate in the Marsh, Rotten Sikes, Low Groves and Western Green, now in the occupation of Nicholas Splayfoot, in Winteringham. Rent: 9d. Fine: 1s. 6d. Lord: Thomas earl of Scarborough. Steward: Thomas Hutton, gent.

May 12th 1952
PC Raymond Kirk becomes the village bobby.

May 13th 1794
Seven Brides?  Not quite, but in May 1794 there were six brides married at Winteringham Church in just 8 days!  Weddings were held on the 12th, 13th, two on the 15th and another two on the 20th! On May 13th it was the turn of Burton’s John Dawson to marry Winteringham girl Elizabeth Torre.

May 13th 1796
... and there’s more! Two years later, 5 marriages took place in 6 days, with May 13th seeing Joseph Barnard marry Elizabeth Samson.

May 14th 1666
The probate inventory of widow Frances Warde included 36 horses young and ould valued at £100, two corne waines, two duncarts and two waggons with plow and plowgeer waine and waingeere valued at £20, six stockes of beese worth £3, and other items with a total value of £372-13-4.

May 16th 1753
Court Roll, Winteringham: Admission of Mary, widow of John Barratt. Property in Winteringham. Fine of suit, admission and entry: 2s. 3d. Lord: Richard earl of Scarborough. Steward: Thomas Hutton, gent.

May 16th 1884
Samuel Armal was brought up in custody charged with being a deserter from the 15th Regiment, and was remanded to Lincoln prison till the regimental authorities can be communicated with.  The prisoner was detected working in Button's brickyard by P.C. Gadsby.

May 17th 1808
Three weddings took place at Winteringham Church on the same day! This is thought to be the only occasion that this has occurred.

May 18th 2003
Restored South Transept Window dedicated.

May 21st 1948
65 tons of slag from Lysaght's Steel works was shipped from the railway wharf - the last use of the railway wharf.

May 22nd 1704
William Jefferson, labourer left goods worth £34-5-6.  His old warming pan was valued at 2/6.

May 24th 1860
From 1837 onwards, the Parish registers record the ages of people marrying in the Church (or declaring them to be full-age).  On May 24th 1860, James Cambell (19) married Emma West (18) to become the youngest couple married at the church from 1837 when the records began to the end of the nineteenth century, and perhaps much later!


May 24th 1880
SERVANT. - Wanted immediately, a respectable Girl, about 16 years of age, as General Servant.  Must be able to wash and Cook. - Apply personally or by letter to Mrs. Bickell, Post-office, Winteringham, Brigg.

May 25th 1941
KIA: William Burkill, York & Lancaster Regt, Athens

We believe that William was one of 32,000 allied soldiers defending Crete when it was invaded by the Germans. 18,000 allied troops were successfully evacuated after putting up stern resistance, 12,000 were captured, and about 2,000 were killed, including William. In moving their graves, the Germans lost the identity of many soldiers, who are now buried in Suda Bay War Cemetery. However, these are commemorated on the Athens Memorial.

May 27th 1668
The probate inventory of Edward Roberts carpenter valued his wealth at £39 and 8 shillings.  It included: "In the shope one pr of scrues one box wih toules one brake with wood and other implmets."

May 29th 1666
Robert Bratton's probate inventory made this day, showed that among many other items he owned a long saddle, "fower" mares, one colt and two foals;

May 31st 1915
William Brumby - born in Winteringham c. 1829, and injured in the American Civil War, was buried at Winteringham on this day.

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