Elsham, Lincolnshire
Elsham is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 400. It is situated north from Brigg, north from the M180 and west from the A15 road.
Elsham's Grade II* listed Anglican church, dedicated to All Saints, is of 12th century Early English origin. It was restored in 1874.
History
At Elsham there was an Augustinian priory; it was dissolved during the 1536 Suppression.The village is the birthplace of the agricultural engineer Richard Hornsby, astronomer Wallace L. W. Sargent, and George Green, a recipient of the Medal of Honor in the American Civil War.