Corringham, Lincolnshire

Corringham

Church of St Laurence, Corringham
Corringham
Corringham shown within Lincolnshire
Population 523 2011 Census
OS grid reference SK875915
• London 135 mi (217 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GAINSBOROUGH
Postcode district DN21
Dialling code 01427
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands

Corringham is a civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) east from Gainsborough and 10 miles (16 km) south from Scunthorpe, Corringham comprises the two contiguous villages of Great Corringham and Little Corringham and has a total resident population of 43,.[1] increasing to 523 at the 2011 census.[2]

The hamlet of Yawthorpe lies due east of the village, and that of Bonsdale to the north.

George Ashforth, silversmith, lived here from 1798 or before, to 1807 or later. A poll book and electoral register in the county records, and a UK Land Tax Redemption Record of 1798, show him as a "Tenant" under Proprieter, Jno Beckett Esquire, in the year 1799. The Firm of George Ashforth, Ellis, & Co. existed on Angle Street in Sheffield.

Gowin Knight, the first principal librarian of the British Museum was born here in 1856.[3]

References

  1. ↑ United Kingdom Census 2001. "Corringham CP (Parish)". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
  2. ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑  "Knight, Gowin". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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