Snarford

Snarford

St Lawrence church, Snarford
Snarford

 Snarford shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference TF050824
District West Lindsey
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Market Rasen
Postcode district LN8
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Gainsborough
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Snarford is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) north west of the city of Lincoln and about 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of the town of Market Rasen.[1]

Snarford was listed in Domesday Book of 1086 as "Snardesforde" when it had eighteen households.[2]

Main article: St Lawrence's Church, Snarford

The grade I listed parish church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and dates from the 12th century. It was altered and extended in the 13th and 14th centuries and restored in 1853. It contains a fine collection of monuments to Thomas St Paul and Sir George St Paul, 1st Baronet and also to Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick.[3][4] Snarford Hall, the seat of the St Paul family, no longer exists.[5]

The Hospital of Sir George St Paul is a registered charity of four almshouses for local "poor persons of good character" set up by Sir George St Paul.[6]

The Manor House is a grade II listed limestone farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with 19th century alterations.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Snarford". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=13581&st=SNARFORD. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Snarford". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF0582/snarford/. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "St Lawrence church. Snarford". Pastscape. English Heritage. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=539195&sort=4&search=all&criteria=snarford&rational=q&recordsperpage=10. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
  4. ^ "St Laurence, Snarford". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1165955. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
  5. ^ "Snarford Hall". Englands Lost Country Houses. Matthew Beckett. http://lh.matthewbeckett.com/lh_complete_list.html. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
  6. ^ "Hospital of Sir George St Paul". Charities Direct. Charities Direct. http://www.charitiesdirect.com/charities/hospital-of-sir-george-st-paul-216712.html. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
  7. ^ "Manor House, Snarford". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1064123. Retrieved 20 July 2011.