Baumber

The Grade I listed parish church is dedicated to Saint Swithin. Built in stone, it was encased in brick in 1758, and restored in 1892. The lower part of the tower and two doorways are Norman. Under the chancel of the church is the Newcastle family vault, which was their place of burial until 1820, prior to the disposal of their Baumber estates. There are church inscriptions to Francis, the grandson of Henry Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, who died in 1681, and Priscilla his wife who died in 1679. It was later rebuilt and enlarged with Ancaster Stone, Livesey's descendants held the manor into the 20th century. A Wesleyan chapel was built at Baumber in 1844 and converted in the 1980s into a family…