Wildmore is a civil parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 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

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, England, located about 9 miles (14.5 km) north west of the town of Boston

Boston, Lincolnshire

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 and about 11 miles (17.7 km) south of Horncastle.

There is no village called Wildmore, the village of New York

New York, Lincolnshire

New York is a hamlet in East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet has a population of less than 150 at count in 2001. It is situated in the Lincolnshire Fens, on the B1192 road 18 km north of Boston...

 lies within the parish boundaries as does the hamlet of Haven Bank.

History

The name Wildmore comes from the surrounding Wildmore Fen. It appears from a manuscript

Manuscript

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 now in the British Museum

British Museum

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 that it belonged after the Norman Conquest to the baronies of Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke is the name of:* Henry IV of England, also known as Henry of Bolingbroke* Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , a Tory party Jacobite grandee and British statesman...

, Horncastle

Horncastle

Horncastle is a market town of some 6,090 residents in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, 22 miles east of Lincoln.-Geography:...

 and Scrivelsby

Manor of Scrivelsby

The Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England is a manor held by grand serjeanty, a form of tenure which requires the performance of a service rather than a money payment – in this case as the King or Queens Champion....

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William Romara, who held Bolingbroke, gave his portion to Kirkstead Abbey

Kirkstead Abbey

Kirkstead Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, England.The monastery was founded in 1139 by Hugh Brito, , lord of Tattershall, and was originally colonised by an abbot and twelve monks from Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire...

 during the reign of King Stephen

King Stephen

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Henry I

Henry I

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 afforested the whole of the fenland area and these continued to be the Kings hunting grounds until 1230 in the reign of Henry III

Henry III

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Henry II

Henry II

- King or Emperor :*Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor , crowned King of Germany in 1002, of Italy in 1004 and Emperor in 1014*Henry II of England , reigned from 1154...

 gave Horncastle to Gerbald Skalls, Scrivelsby to Robert Marmion

Robert Marmion

Robert Marmion was an English nobleman and itinerant justice. He was reputed to have been the King's Champion. He was descended from the lords of Fontenay le Marmion in Normandy, who are said to have been hereditary champions of the Dukes of Normandy.-Ancestry:The first definite record of the...

 and Kirkstead Abbey the Hermitage of Wildmore. Skalls and Marmion gave the monks of Kirkstead right of common pasture in Wildmore.

By 1222 the Abbot of Kirkstead, styled Lord of Wildmore, possessed the whole of Wildmore with the exception of Moorhouses which belonged to Revesby Abbey

Revesby Abbey

Revesby Abbey was a Cistercian monastery located near the village of Revesby in Lincolnshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1143 by William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln. The first monks came to the abbey from the great Yorkshire house of Rievaulx Abbey...

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Wildmore Fen was not drained until 1802, being part of the drainage plans of the East, West, and Wildmore Fens.

Wildmore was formed as a parish in 1880 from the fen allotments of West Ashby

West Ashby

West Ashby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about a mile north of the market town of Horncastle. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 252....

, Horncastle

Horncastle

Horncastle is a market town of some 6,090 residents in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, 22 miles east of Lincoln.-Geography:...

, Mareham on the Hill

Mareham on the Hill

Mareham on the Hill is a village and civil parish about south east of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England.Mareham on the Hill was listed in Domesday Book of 1086 as having one household and eight acres of woodland....

, Moorby

Moorby

Moorby is a small village in East Lindsey, in the county of Lincolnshire, England with around fifty inhabitants. It is close to Wood Enderby. The village is in the parish of Claxby with Moorby, where Claxby refers to Claxby Pluckacre....

, Roughton

Roughton

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, Thimbleby, High Toynton

High Toynton

High Toynton is a village and civil parish about east of the town of Horncastle, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...

, Low Toynton

Low Toynton

Low Toynton is a hamlet and civil parish about north east of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. It sits in the Lincolnshire Wolds a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....

, and Wood Enderby

Wood Enderby

Wood Enderby is a village and civil parish about 4 miles south of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, and the civil parish includes the hamlet of Wilksby....

; and detached parts of Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke is the name of:* Henry IV of England, also known as Henry of Bolingbroke* Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , a Tory party Jacobite grandee and British statesman...

, Coningsby

Coningsby

Coningsby is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Taking its name from the Old Norse 'konungr' meaning 'King' with an Old Norse suffix 'by' meaning 'the settlement of' which gives Coningsby the meaning 'The Settlement of the King'...

, Haltham

Haltham

Haltham is a village and civil parish which lies on the east bank of the River Bain, about south of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England...

, Tattershall

Tattershall

Tattershall is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, located on the A153 Horncastle to Sleaford road, east of the point where that road crosses the River Witham. At its eastern end, Tattershall adjoins the village of Coningsby, to the north of the village...

, Tattershall Thorpe

Tattershall Thorpe

Tattershall Thorpe is a hamlet and civil parish about north east of Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England and about south of Woodhall Spa.The hamlet is notable because of its war-time connections with RAF Woodhall Spa, which was actually in this parish....

, Thornton le Fen

Thornton le Fen

Thornton Le Fen is a small civil parish in the county of Lincolnshire, England, about north of the town of Boston. It lies in Wildmore Fen, and was created in 1812 after the fen was drained in 1802....

, Toynton All Saints

Toynton All Saints

Toynton All Saints is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about south of the town of Spilsby.Toynton All Saints, and its neighbours, the village of Toynton St Peter and the hamlet of Toynton Fenside, which lies directly south of Toynton All Saints,...

, and Wilksby.

Church

In 1816 the church, known as Frog Hall, was built of red brick, sandstone and limestone. It was dedicated to Saint Peter

Saint Peter

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 and is a Grade II listed building.

Today Saint Peters Church is one of the Brothertoft

Brothertoft

Brothertoft is a village in Lincolnshire, England, about north-west of the town of Boston. It is part of the civil parish of Holland Fen with Brothertoft.-History:...

 Group,in the Diocese of Lincoln, also known as "Five in the Fen" Which also includes:

• St Gilbert of Sempringham, Brothertoft
  Brothertoft
  Brothertoft is a village in Lincolnshire, England, about north-west of the town of Boston. It is part of the civil parish of Holland Fen with Brothertoft.-History:...
  
  
• All Saints, Holland Fen
  Holland Fen
  Holland Fen is a settlement about north-west of the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.-History:Holland Fen has been known as the Haute Huntre, or Eight Hundred Fen....
  
  
• Christ Church, Kirton Holme
  Kirton Holme
  Kirton Holme is a small village within the Kirton Civil Parish, located about west of the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.Kirton Holme church, called Christ Church, is today part of the "Brothertoft Group" also known as "Five in the Fen", which also includes:* Saint Gilbert of Sempringham,...
  
  
• St Margaret of Scotland, Langrick
  Langrick
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Windmill

Haven Bank Windmill

Windmill

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 was built in the early 19th century of red brick and is a Grade II listed building.