Harrington is a hamlet

Hamlet

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 located 6 miles (10 km) west of Alford

Alford, Lincolnshire

- Notable residents :* Captain John Smith who lived in nearby Willoughby* Anne Hutchinson, pioneer settler and religious reformer in the United States* Thomas Paine, who was an excise officer in the town....

, and about 5 miles (8 km) north west of Spilsby

Spilsby

Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in Lincolnshire. England. The town is situated adjacent to the main A16 Trunk Road at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds north of the Fenlands, east of the county town of Lincoln, north east of Boston and north west from Skegness.The town has...

, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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, England.

The Church

The parish church is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Mary and dating from the 13th century, although it was largely rebuilt in 1854-55 by Samuel Sanders Teulon

Samuel Sanders Teulon

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In the south side of the nave

Nave

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 is a tomb containing the 14th century effigy

Effigy

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 of a knight in chain mail

Chain Mail

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. Under the tower is the black stone tomb of John Copledike who died in 1557 and his wife who died in 1552. In the chancel

Chancel

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 is a further tomb to John Copledike who died in 1585 and his wife who died 1582, and an alabaster

Alabaster

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 memorial to Francis Copuldyck and his wife and family dated 1599.

History of the manor of Harrington

Harrington is not listed in Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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of 1086. In the 14th century the manor of Harrington passed from the de Harington family to the Copledyke family, and in 1673 the estate was bought by Vincent Amcotts.

Harrington Hall

Harrington Hall is a Grade I listed red brick country house, built in the late 17th century by Vincent Amcotts, to replace a mansion house built for the Copledyke family about 1575, according to a dated beam.
Altered and extended in the 18th century, it was extensively damaged by fire in November 1991 and has since been repaired. The grounds are open to the public.