Wyham cum Cadeby | |
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All Saints church, Wyham | |
Location within
Lincolnshire | |
OS grid reference | TF283949 |
• London | 140 mi (230 km) S |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Grimsby |
Postcode district | DN36 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Wyham cum Cadeby (otherwise Wyham with Caldeby [1]) is a depopulated civil parish [2] in the East Lindsey [3] district of Lincolnshire, England. The nearest village is Ludborough (where any remaining population is included), about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east on the A16 road, and the nearest town, Louth, 5 miles (8 km) to the south.
Wyham cum Cadeby consists of the remaining hamlet of Wyham ( grid reference TF277951 [4]) and the former village of Cadeby, otherwise North Cadeby ( TF271960, [5]), both settlements a deserted medieval village.
The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, once seated 90. It was restored in 1886 [6] and declared redundant and sold in 1982. [7] The parish records are held in Lincoln. [8]
There is a former chalk quarry which has been converted to a clay and skeet shooting ground.