Helpringham, Lincolnshire

Description
Helpringham, a large village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands on the Car Dyke, which was formerly navigable, 5 miles SE from Sleaford, and has a station on the Spalding and Doncaster extension of the G.N. and G.E. railways. It has a post office under Heckington (S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Heckington. The parish includes also the hamlet of Thorpe Latimer, and comprises 3410 acres; population, 758. The manor belongs to Lord Willoughby de Broke. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £200. The church is a fine building of stone in the Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular styles; consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and S porch, with lofty tower and spire, and contains a carved screen, three sedilia, and a piscina. It was repaired in 1891. There are Wesleyan, Congregational, and Primitive Methodist chapels.