History of South Witham

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History of South Witham village

South Witham is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Wimme. In the 12th to 14th Century the Knights Templars had a preceptory just outside the villageSouth Witham is a village just west of the A1 (Great North Road/Ermine Street) midway between Stamford and Grantham. Earliest evidence of occupation was found in 1896, when workmen on the railway found Bronze Age burials and a roundhouse. 24 Roman burials and a stone coffin were discovered in the quarry with a temple and well.

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The name is derived from Anglo-Saxon, Withig a Willow and Ham a village. Saxon pottery was discovered on Fishpond Lane. 

South Witham is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Wimme. In the 12th to 14th Century the Knights Templars had a preceptory just outside the village.

South Witham School

The earliest record of a School is 1841, with the present one opening in 1880

4th October 1811 a bare-knuckle fight was held at the meeting of 3 counties at the west edge of the parish between Tom Cribb, champion of England, and Tom Molineaux from Baltimore. It was estimated that 20,000 people attended.

The Angel

The Angel Inn

There are two Public Houses in the village, the Angel and the Blue Cow. The Angel may be named due to its proximity to the church, but Templar Inns were often given this name, as in the Angel and Royal at Grantham.

The Blue Cow on the High Street was named c1800 being owned by Buckminster and all their property had blue in the name.

The Blue Cow

The Blue Cow