Ingham, Lincolnshire

Ingham is written in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Ingeham".^[1][2] Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).^[3]

In the Second World War, the village became home to RAF Ingham,^[4] a satellite airfield of RAF Hemswell consisting of three grass runways. Three Polish squadrons from 1st Polish Wing were based here, joined later by No. 199 Squadron RAF. In 1944, it was renamed RAF Cammeringham. The station effectively became unusable by 1945 as the short grass runways had deteriorated. After the war, it became home to demobilised Polish aircrew.

Ingham's parish boundary borders are located within Fillingham and two field widths to the north. It follows the hedge line and a small drain eastwards to Middle Street (B1398), which it follows to the south, followed by the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards.^[5] The boundary follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head. The parish boundary meets with West Firsby at the A15 (Ermine Street) which it follows to the south until Spridlington.

North of the curve in the A15, the boundary follows Ingham Lane to the west. It crosses Middle Street at Ingham Cliff, near Ingham Cliff Farm. To the north along the B1398, the Windmill public house is situated, in the neighbouring parish of Spridlington.^[6] The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road.