South Cockerington is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the East Lindsey

East Lindsey

East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

 district of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of Louth

Louth, Lincolnshire

Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...

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The parish church is a grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Leonard

Saint Leonard

-Saints:* Saint Leonard of Noblac * Saint Leonard of Port Maurice -Canada:* Saint-Leonard, Quebec, a former city and now a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada* Saint Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada...

dating from the early 14th century, and restored in 1872-73. It is built from greenstone

Greenschist

Greenschist is a general field petrologic term applied to metamorphic or altered mafic volcanic rock. The term greenstone is sometimes used to refer to greenschist but can refer to other rock types too. The green is due to abundant green chlorite, actinolite and epidote minerals that dominate the...

, limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 and brick.
Inside there is a 15th century font

Baptismal font

A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:...

, and an alabaster

Alabaster

Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals, when used as a material: gypsum and calcite . The former is the alabaster of the present day; generally, the latter is the alabaster of the ancients...

 monument to Sir Adrian Scrope who died in 1623 which is attributed to Epiphanius Evesham

Epiphanius Evesham

Epiphanius Evesham was a British sculptor.He was born in Wellington, Herefordshire, a twin, and the youngest of fourteen siblings! His parents were William Evesham of Burghope Hall and his wife, Jane Haworthe, daughter of Alexander Haworthe...

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South Cockerington Hall was demolished in 1926.

In the village were four almshouses which are now a grade II listed house, dating from about 1890, built of red brick.

External links

• "South Cockerington", Genuki
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