Hougham, Lincolnshire NG32 2JD
Village web site
Hougham is located 2 miles from the A1, 8 miles from Grantham, 9 miles from Newark, 28 miles from Nottingham, 20 miles from Lincoln and 120 miles from London. Grantham is on the East Coast line and London is under an hour and a half away by train.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hougham like this:
HOUGHAM, a village and a parish in the district of Newark and county of Lincoln. The village swands on the river Witham, near the Great Northern railway, 6 miles NNW of Grantham; and has a station on the railway. The parish comprises 2, 590 acres; and its post town is Hough, under Grantham. Real property, £4, 027. Pop., 349. Houses, 77. The manor belonged formerly to the Brudenell family, and belongs now to Sir JohnThorold, Bart. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Marston, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £740.* Patron, Sir. J.Thorold, Bart. The church is chiefly early English; has Norman pillars on the S aisle; was recently restored; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a handsome screen, and a figured monumental stone of a Knight Templar.
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I am writing a book on " Lincolnshire During the First English Civil War 1642-46 " and the village of Hougham is quite famous as the action at your Manor House delayed Col. Rossiter getting to Naseby which angered Cromwell. The photograph was taken some years ago. Thank you for your time.
Geoffrey Wildman
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MISSING LAKELAND TERRIER
Wire haired 5 year
old Male Lakeland Terrier, went missing 25th Feb 1pm from Gelston
next to Hough on the Hill Nr Grantham. He is micro chipped and is wearing a
light green and brown collar. If you have seen him please contact Louise Stone
on 07860754341 or
01400
250538
REWARD
GIVEN FOR HIS SAFE RETURN
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Notices
leaflet
which gives new opening times/days for the Household Waste Recycling Centre
in Grantham. I am also told separately that trailers are
now allowed.
The bus service has been replaced by CallConnect Mike's Quality Grimsby Fish Thursday 0920 am 07763 388397 01476 563733 The mobile Library calls once a month 1515 to 1545 by the post box.
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Proposed Large Wind Farm at Temple Hill
For more information and links please see If people are
interested; £57 million pounds is being spent in Lincolnshire between 2013 and 2015 to deliver fibre "superfast" broadband to 90% of the county. The remaining 10% will have at least 2Mb broadband. You can keep up to date with the project on the following web site; http://www.onlincolnshire.org/News-Events/Project-News Hougham updated 5 November 2012 Lincolnshire Walks - Marston & Hougham
Hougham and Marston Village HallAavailable for bookings through
Marston Village website
Grantham Rural North Neighbourhood Policing Team
The Walk4Life website is totally FREE and has thousands of walk ideas all over the country. The website uses OS maps which can easily be printed out at home so is proving really popular. People can also keep a track of the walks they have done and set themselves a target! |
Future
Events
The
Hougham
Players
are hosting an informal evening of music with guest musicians.
Wine
and a light supper is
included. Hougham
Church Sat 22nd June 7.30.pm. Tickets. £7.50 at the door Hougham and Marston W.I. are visiting Stratford-upon
-Avon by coach on 3rd August. There are 7 seats remaining and these are
available to anyone in the villages who would like to join
us. The cost will be £9 per
seat. To book seats or for more information please contact
Julia Metcalf on 01400251176 or contact Jennifer Hare on 01400251174 ************************ It seems that we are
not getting the pumpkin germination rate that we might have hoped for.
Mine is 0 from 4 so far. Bill Emery is growing 40 to be sold as plants
later and only six have germinated. The seeds sold so far have been from a pumpkin entered last year, so perhaps we ought to try the professionals. Therefore at great expense I have purchased Downtown’s complete stock of Atlantic Giant seeds (two packets), and a further two packets from Belton Garden Centre. If anyone would like some of these seeds please let me know. Free of charge if you bought seeds through the shop, or £1 otherwise. Andy The Marston Pumpkin Club Annual Show and Prize-Giving
will be held at the end of
September. ************************
Hougham and Marston Book Club
1st July - 'The ambition of Madame LaFargue' - Henri Duval If interested contact Bernadette Chalklin 01400 250768 07904083274 BChalklin@AOL.com or turn up on the day at 2 pm. It is not intellectually demanding – just an excuse to have a coffee, tea or cake at the Pub . ************************** QUIZ NIGHT Every other Sunday at 8.30 pm Entry £1. All proceeds to charity, currently the Village Hall refurbishment.
Scrabble Night
every other Sunday night at 7.30pm *************** *************** Hougham and Marston Local History Group Village Hall Monthly 2nd Tuesday
11th
June Outside
Visit *************** Peter Connolly and others have
formed Marston Karate Club which will meet in Hougham and Marston Village
Hall on Wednesday evenings. If you have family or friends who might be
interested in joining please visit the Marston village website for more
information, or call Peter on
250711.
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Village News Pictures from Teas on the Green 2012 Photos from the music festival Photographs from the Diamond Jubilee Party Just born Jacob lambs in the village - 12th March 2011 Pictures of the Music Concert in Hougham Church Scarecrow Festival Results |
reports updated 15 April 2013 Please note that a BMW drove up the drive
of a house in Marston this afternoon (22 May) and then reversed out and
left at speed down Pinfold Lane. The registration might be
PC59FCN. If you see it please call the police on
101.
Advice from
Action Fraud on Rogue Traders |
Village adverts
I am now a consultant for Neal's Yard Remedies - have a look at their website on https://uk.nyrorganic.com/ and come back to me to order |
Lamb freezers packs and cuts of meat are available. Lambs are sometimes for sale.Stylish individual Jacob rugs and Fleeces |
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BECHSTEIN model B Grand piano for
sale |
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For Sale Nissan Micra Active 998cc Tax to 30 November MOT to 27 March 2014 mileage 112814 A good little runner £950 ono Tel 01400 250922 |
The Hougham & Marston Heating Oil Syndicate got off the ground on 9 February when at around 35 villagers attended a meeting in the Village Hall organised by Alistair Ross.
For more information and an application form e-mail
lincolnshireoil@gmail.com
or call Alistair Ross on 251355 or click on the link below
The syndicate now has 90 members which
enables us to increase the number of orders from 5 to 6 annually whilst
hopefully still getting a decent discount compared with ordering
individually. There's an optimum size of order as too large an order has
resulted in some oil companies refusing to quote because of the disruption
that it would cause to their regular clients if they were successful in
gaining the order.
As such, the orders going forward will
be at the start of:
July, September, November, January,
March, May etc
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Ideas for or information about the village website, contact me through the link at the bottom of the page.
I am going to offer personal email addresses with money to the village church or village hall (you choose) for example name@hougham.info or business@hougham.info
I am also open to placing adverts for local business on the website as well for a small fee - church and village funds
last updated 22/5/13
Soothing Hands - Bowen therapy in Hougham
