Edenham
| Edenham | |
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 Remains of Saxon cross in the churchyard |
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 Edenham
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| Edenham shown within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 291 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TF061218 |
| • London | 90 mi (140 km) S |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BOURNE |
| Postcode district | PE10 |
| Dialling code | 01778 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Edenham is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Bourne, and on the A151 road. The village is part of the civil parish of Edenham Grimsthorpe Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 291.
The Edenham name derives from the Anglo Saxon ham, meaning "homestead". The rest of the name probably derives from dene, a "vale in woodland" and ea, "river", though "Eada's homestead" and "Eada's hemmed-in-land" have also been suggested. The river East Glen which flows through it is sometimes called the "Eden" by a process of back-formation from the name of the village.
Edenham appears in the Domesday Book as having 32 villagers, 4 smallholders, 24 freemen, 5 lord's plough teams, and 9 men's plough teams, with 400 acres (1.6 km2) of woodland and 29 acres of meadow.
The parish was the site of the Cistercian abbey of Vaudey, founded in 1147 by William, Earl of Albemarle. It was dissolved during the 1536 Suppression.
Documents of 1307 mention the existence in Edenham of "a hospital".
Since 1516 parish land and villages have been owned by the de Eresby family of Grimsthorpe Castle. This major ancestral seat 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north-west of the village influenced Edenham's estate village character. The de Eresby baronetcy has continued in an unbroken line since 1313, and heads of the family have been Earls and Dukes of Ancaster and the Earl of Lindsey.
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