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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country =                 England
|static_image  =           Heapham, Hewitt's Mill.jpg
|static_image_width =           240px
|static_image_caption=     Heapham windmill
|coordinates   = {{coord|53.384407|-0.685094|display=inline,title}}
|official_name =           Heapham
|population =
|unitary_england =         [[West Lindsey]]
|lieutenancy_england =     [[Lincolnshire]]
|region =                  East Midlands
|constituency_westminster =[[Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Gainsborough]]
|post_town =               Gainsborough
|postcode_district =       DN21
|postcode_area =           DN
|dial_code =               01427
|os_grid_reference =       SK875883
|london_distance_mi=       135<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->
|london_direction=         S
}}
'''Heapham''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[West Lindsey]] district of [[Lincolnshire]], England, and {{convert|5|mi|km|1}} south-east from [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]].
According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Heapham derives from the [[Old English]] for "homestead or enclosure where rose-hips or brambles grow", being hēope or hēopa with hām or hamm.<ref>Mills, Anthony David (2003); ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', [[Oxford University Press]], revised edition (2011), p.232. {{ISBN|019960908X}}</ref>
Heapham is recorded in the 1872 ''[[White's Directories|White's Directory]]'' as a scattered  village and parish with a population of 141, and of {{convert|1250|acre|km2|1}} of land in the Soke of Kirton. All Saints Church had been restored in 1869–70 at a cost of £400. The [[Incumbent (ecclesiastical)|incumbency]] was a [[Rector (ecclesiastical)#Anglican churches|rectory]] valued at £361 and included a [[Clergy house|residence]], under the [[Advowson|patronage]] of Lieutenant-colonel [[Weston Cracroft Amcotts]] M.P. The Heapham entry included the small [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan]] chapel, built 1842. Professions and trades listed in 1872 included the parish rector, a corn miller, a farm bailiff, and thirteen farmers, one of whom was a parish overseer, and another a carter and carrier; the carrier [transporting goods and occasionally people] operated between the village and Gainsborough.<ref>White, William (1872), ''Whites Directory of Lincolnshire'', p.317</ref>
Heapham [[Anglican]] [[Grade II]] listed parish church is dedicated to [[All Saints' Day|All Saints]]. The church tower is of [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]] origin; the main body, [[Norman architecture#Norman architecture in England|Norman]].  The church was [[Victorian restoration|restored]] in 1868.<ref>Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 162-163; Methuen & Co. Ltd</ref><ref>''Kelly’s Directory of Lincolnshire with the Port of Hull, 1885'', p. 472</ref> The churchyard contains the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|war grave]] of a [[Sherwood Foresters]] soldier of the First World War.<ref name=cwgc>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/380197/STREETS,%20H CWGC Casualty Record].</ref>
Two chapels were built by [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan Methodists]], one in 1842 the other, Grade II listed, in 1897.<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Heapham/ Heapham], genuki.org.uk; retrieved 22 June 2011</ref> Other listed buildings<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/lincolnshire/heapham "Listed Buildings in Heapham"], British Listed Buildings; retrieved 22 June 2011</ref> include Heapham Windmill, described as "The most complete windmill in West Lindsey".<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-197064-heapham-windmill-heapham Heapham Windmill], British Listed Buildings; retrieved 22 June 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/1530.htm Heapham windmill], windmillworld.com; retrieved 22 June 2011</ref>
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