Lower Lemington

Human settlement in England
  • Batsford
District
  • Cotswold
Shire county
  • Gloucestershire
Region
  • South West
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townMoreton-in-MarshPostcode districtGL56Dialling code01386PoliceGloucestershireFireGloucestershireAmbulanceSouth Western UK Parliament
  • Cotswold
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
52°00′14″N 1°42′07″W / 52.004°N 1.702°W / 52.004; -1.702

Lower Lemington is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Batsford, in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Moreton-in-Marsh.

Lower Lemington lies east of the Fosse Way, and west of a small stream which may have been called the Leam and may have given its name to the place.[1]

There was a settlement here in Saxon times, and the place was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Lemingtune, when it was in the possession of Tewkesbury Abbey.[2] The village continued to be known as Lemington until the 16th century. A distinction was then made between Lower Lemington and Upper Lemington: the two places were effectively a single village but with different manorial holdings and land ownership.[3] Lower Lemington, held by Tewkesbury Abbey, was a separate manor and parish. Upper Lemington, about 300 metres to the east, was a manor held by Westminster Abbey and was included in the parish of Todenham. By the 20th century the name Upper Lemington had fallen out of use.[4]

The church of St Leonard was built in the 12th century. It is now a Grade I listed building.[5]

Lower Lemington became a civil parish in 1866. By 1931 the population of the parish was only 50. On 1 April 1935 the civil parish was abolished and merged into the civil parish of Batsford.[6]

References

  1. ^ Elrington, C.R., ed. (1965). "Parishes: Lower Lemington". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6. Victoria County History. pp. 216–220. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Domesday Book Online". Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Lemington, Upper". Beresford's Lost Villages. University of Hull. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. ^ Elrington, C.R., ed. (1965). "Parishes: Todenham". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6. Victoria County History. pp. 250–258. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Church of St. Leonard (1089543)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lower Lemington CP/Ch. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

Media related to Lower Lemington at Wikimedia Commons

  • Historic England. "Upper and Lower Lemington (332850)". Research records (formerly PastScape).