This house dates from the late eighteenth century.

Pearl Wheatley, 2011

Kelly's Directory 1930 lists only the Chequers Inn which closed 1974 although there is mention of a beer retailer "Start Chas. beer retlr". 

"Mention of an alehouse in the village occurs from 1796 when an annual application for recognisance is made and by 1823 this takes the name of The Chequers ... 

Until 1974 there were two public houses in the village, The Chequers and The Fox and Hounds"

http://www.reephamheritage.org/new-page-2  

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A view of the church from the south-east in the early morning sun.

Peter Kirk Collection, 1991

Built in 1862 by Michael Drury*, though the arcades are medieval (12th and 14th centuries).

The steep pyramidal tower roof is unusual for a Lincolnshire church.

Mark Acton, 2012

Another view of the church from the south-east.

July 2018

Kelly's Directory 1919 reports :-

"The church of SS. Peter and Paul is a building of stone, partly in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a large embattled western tower with pinnacles and spire containing one bell:

the church was restored in 1862, under the direction of Mr. Michael Drury, architect, when the tower and north aisle were rebuilt, a new porch erected and the nave roof retimbered, at a cost of £900, of which the Mercers' Company gave £300:

there are 230 sittings"

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"South side of nave with outline of 3 early C13 pointed arcade bays"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064025?section=official-list-entry 

The south aisle was removed C18 and the arcade filled in. 

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"South side of nave with outline of 3 early C13 pointed arcade bays. Foliated capital on corbel head between first and second bays from east, with octagonal abacus"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064025?section=official-list-entry 

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The Church Guide states :-

"A marble tablet beneath the east window commemorates the rebuilding of the chancel in 1836, at a cost of £150. The north chancel window is early 13c. whilst the east and south chancel windows date from the 1836 restoration"

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Looking back through the rebuilt early C14 chancel arch towards the C19 tower arch.

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A closer view of the altar.

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A list of incumbents displayed on the north wall of the chancel.

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"Ashlar monument on south wall of chancel to Ann Benet, died 1738, with scrolls and coat of arms"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064025?section=official-list-entry 

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Memorial by Wray of Lincoln. 

"NEAR THIS PLACE LIES THE BODY OF GILBERT BENET, MASTER OF ARTS, VICAR OF THIS CHURCH AND PREBENDARY OF LINCOLN, WHO DIED THE 23RD DAY OF APRIL 1783, IN THE 83RD YEAR OF HIS AGE"

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Memorial on the south wall of the sanctuary. 

"IN MEMORY OF THE REV: EDWARD BROMHEAD, M.A. SIXTY FOUR YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH; WHO DIED JANUARY THE 16th 1835 AGED 88 YEARS ALSO OF KATHERINE , RELICT OF THE REV: EDWARD BROMHEAD; DIED FEBRUARY THE 10TH 1837: AGED 82 YEARS"

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In contrast to the exterior of the church, the arcades date from the thirteenth century.

July 2018

Looking towards the rebuilt early C14 chancel arch.

West Lindsey Churches Festival in progress. 

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Corbel by the tower arch, with stiff-leaf decoration created in the mid-nineteenth century but in 13th century style

July 2018

The rather squat but highly decorated Victorian font.

July 2018

Looking west towards the organ.

Original north aisle removed C18. North aisle rebuilt as part the 1862 restorations.

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"IN MEMORY OF JOHN WILLIAM ELVIDGE BORN AT REEPHAM ON NOVEMBER 9TH 1914 DIED IN A PRISONERS OF WAR CAMP IN SIAM ON DECEMBER 8TH 1942" 

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The Church Guide states :-

"Messrs. Cousans of Lincoln built the Organ in 1892, at a cost of £150. A poster advertising the dedication service is still visible on the back of the organ case.

At various stages additional organ stops have been added, the last major additions being carried out in 1963, when the organ was moved to the west end of the north aisle"

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Tablet in the church commemorating those from the village who died in the First World War.

July 2018

"C19 gabled south porch re-using C14 fragments"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064025?section=official-list-entry 

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The Church Guide relates that :-

"The tower was rebuilt during the 1862 restoration. Previously much lower and with a shallow pitched roof, the tower was heightened to match the new higher nave roof and the spire added.

The same founder as the Guildhall bell of Lincoln made the single bell, which is of the date A.D. 1371. The Latin inscription was cast by mistake in reverse, and translates as "Blessed be the name of the Lord. The bell was rehung in 1936.

The church clock dates from about 1740, and was restored, given, and put up by the Rev. Arthur F. Sutton, Rector of Brant Broughton, in 1892. The clock face dates from the installation" 

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This Wesleyan Methodist chapel, on High Street at the corner of Chapel Lane, was opened in 1894.

July 2016

The chapel was celebrating its centenary when this image was taken - the banner reads "A YEAR OF CELEBRATION / CENTENARY & MISSION".

In "A List And Brief Details Of Chapels In The Lincoln Circuits Past And Present" prepared by Colin Shepherdson (Revised October 2000) it is stated that :-

"i) A house was licensed for worship in 1811 and the first chapel built in 1842. This chapel was sold following the opening of the new chapel and, for a period of time, used as a reading room. The chapel was finally demolished in the 1960's.

ii) The foundation stone for the new chapel and Sunday school was laid on the 24.10.1893. Situated in the High Street, on the corner of Chapel Lane, the buildings were opened on the 21.3.1894. The chapel is still in use with a membership of 32" 

Geoff Swain Collection 12 June 1994

A £100,000 refurbishment was completed in December 2021 with the previous sloping floor leveled. 

Axis of worship originally facing in the opposite direction towards the north.

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Reading desk made from one of the panels of the former pulpit.

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One of the foundation stones dated Oct. 24th 1893.

"Joseph Bennett (1829 - 1 January 1908) was an English merchant and Liberal politician.

Bennett was born at Grimsby, the son of William Bennett and his wife Ann. He was educated at Wesley College, Sheffield and became a merchant at Louth. He was a J.P. for Lindsey Division of Lincolnshire, and for the Boroughs of Louth and Grimsby.

In the 1885 general election, Bennett was elected Member of Parliament for Gainsborough but lost the seat in the 1886 general election. He regained the seat in the 1892 general election but stood down from the House of Commons at the 1895 general election"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bennett_(British_politician) 

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Wall mounted war memorial.

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