Walmsgate

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title: "Walmsgate" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamlets-in-lincolnshire", "east-lindsey-district", "deserted-medieval-villages-in-lincolnshire"] description: "Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/hamlets-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmsgate" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
static_image_name	A16 Approaching Walmsgate - geograph.org.uk - 657541.jpg
static_image_caption	Approaching Walmsgate on the A16
country	England
official_name	Walmsgate
coordinates
civil_parish	Burwell
shire_district	East Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
post_town	Louth
postcode_district	LN11
postcode_area	LN
os_grid_reference	TF364783
london_distance_mi	120
london_direction	S
::

| static_image_name= A16 Approaching Walmsgate - geograph.org.uk - 657541.jpg | static_image_alt= | static_image_caption= Approaching Walmsgate on the A16 | country = England | official_name= Walmsgate | map_alt= | coordinates = | civil_parish= Burwell | shire_district= East Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency) | post_town= Louth | postcode_district = LN11 | postcode_area= LN | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= TF364783 | london_distance_mi= 120 | london_direction= S

Walmsgate is a hamlet in the civil parish of Burwell, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A16 road, 6 mi south-east from Louth.

The name 'Walmsgate' means 'point of land of a man named Waldmaer'.

The lost village of Walmsgate is mentioned in 1377. A priest was last instituted about 1435, and eight families remained in 1563. The small church was still standing in the early 17th century. The walls of the church still stand to a maximum height of 6 ft and are covered with a dense growth of ivy. The limestone ruins of the church are Grade II listed.

References

References

1. "Key to English Place-names".
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