Cumberworth

Cumberworth

St Helen's church, Cumberworth
Cumberworth

 Cumberworth shown within Lincolnshire
Population 128 (2001)
OS grid reference TF 50643 73630
Parish Cumberworth
District East Lindsey
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Alford
Postcode district LN13
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Louth and Horncastle
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Cumberworth is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Alford.

The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as having nine households and 20 acres of meadow. The Lord of the Manor was Rainer of Brimeaux.[1]

The church was dedicated to St Helen and is a Grade II Listed Building.[2] It was declared redundant in 1987 and sold in 1989.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Cumberworth". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF5073/cumberworth/. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "Church of St Helen", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage; retrieved 20 July 2011
  3. ^ "Cumberworth". Genuki. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Cumberworth/. Retrieved 22 April 2011.