Metheringham (population approx. 4500) is a medium sized village in Lincolnshire approximately 10 miles south of the English city of Lincoln.
Geography
Metheringham lies 3 miles east of the Lincoln Cliff escarpment on the western edge of the extensive agriculturally rich plain of fenland that extends south-east towards Boston and The Wash.
History
The village is a documented settlement in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village is thought to date from Saxon times, and to be associated with the name "Medrich". The addition of the plural ending "-es" together with the familiar "-ham" ending is thought to have produced "Medrichesham" (the homestead of Medrich), which in time became corrupted to the modern name of the village.
The earliest surviving document relating to the village is dated June 24, 1314 – during the rule of Edward II.
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