Little Bytham lies four miles south west of Bourne & nestles between two railway viaducts - one for the disused M&GN line & the other for the East Coast Main Line.

Undated postcard by Raphael Tuck. 

Little Bytham had a population of 384 in 2011. It had two pubs until 2002 when the Mallard (formerly the Green Man) closed.

Undated postcard by Raphael Tuck. 

The south arcade to the right is early C13 with round arches & piers. Pevsner thought that the chancel arch dates from the late C13. Interesting to see individual chairs rather than pews.

Undated postcard by Raphael Tuck. 

On the left is Little Bytham's former station on the Great Northern railway which closed in 1959 (though the line is still open). In the distance is the now closed Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line. To the right is the still open Willoughby Arms pub.

Unposted postcard by Raphael Tuck 

This is the one surviving bridge (at TF 025 176) from the short-lived Little Bytham to Edenham Light Railway, commonly known as Lord Willoughby's Private Railway.

It opened in 1856 and closed for passengers in 1871, though horse-drawn goods wagons continued to use the line until 1884.

It provided a link from the main Towns Line at Little Bytham to a terminus close to Willoughby's home at Grimsthorpe Castle.

The bridge carries the minor road from Little Bytham to Witham on the Hill.

Ken Redmore, 2011

Little Bytham's church is a rare dedication to St Medard, sixth-century Bishop of Noyon in France. There is some surviving Anglo-Saxon work.

The tower arch is Norman as are a south window and doorway in the chancel. The nave is Early English and the chancel arch Decorated.

Open to visitors.

Mark Acton, 2017

The base of the tower dates from the Norman period. Higher sections are thirteenth century and the highest parts (battlements, lozenge frieze) are in the Perpendicular style of the fifteenth century.

March 2017

The Easter Sepulchre is described by Pevsner as 'coarse'. The gable section carries ballflower decoration.

March 2017

The simple octagonal font probably dates from the Perpendicular 15th century period. Fitted steps indicate its unusual height.

Faces of the bowl carry faded lettering.

March 2017

Hoodmould in form of a strange head on the tower arch at the west end of the nave.

March 2017

First World War memorial to Sergeant John Holmes.

Mark Acton, 2017

Late twelfth-century north doorway.

Mark Acton, 2017

Carved stone in the form of a frog (?) above the north doorway.

March 2017

An early twelfth-century priest's doorway with carved tympanum.

Mark Acton, 2017

Detail of the tympanum above the priest's doorway on the south side of the chancel.

The carving is of a bird. To the left is an empty roundel, once possibly enclosing a holy relic.

March 2017

On the edge of Little Bytham village but is actually a few yards south of the parish boundary. 

Next to the former Little Bytham Railway Station.

Listed for Careby Parish in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 :-

"Medwell Eliza (Mrs.), Willoughby Arms P.H. & butcher"

DB 27 April 2019