Bassingham

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Bassingham - geograph.org.uk - 991727.jpg

|static_image_width =

|static_image_caption = Bassingham

|official_name= Bassingham

|coordinates = {{coord|53.12939|-0.63901|display=inline,title}}

|population = 1,425

|population_ref = (2011)

|shire_district= North Kesteven

|shire_county= Lincolnshire

|region= East Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Sleaford and North Hykeham

|post_town= LINCOLN

|postcode_district = LN5

|postcode_area= LN

|dial_code= 01522

|os_grid_reference= SK911599

| london_distance_mi= 110

| london_direction= S

}}

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Bassingham is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,425.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120468&c=Bassingham&d=16&e=62&g=6446649&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461316720469&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|accessdate=22 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} The village is situated approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} south-west of Lincoln.

Bassingham is situated about midway between Newark-on-Trent and Lincoln. The parish is defined by the River Witham to the west, and the River Brant to the east (across Bassingham Fen). To the south-west is Carlton-le-Moorland.

A Ham class minesweeper, HMS Bassingham, was named after the village.{{cite web|title=HMS Bassingham|url=http://www.withamstaple.com/GArchive/CArchiveHistory.htm|website=The Witham Staple|accessdate=7 August 2016}}

The church of St. Michael and All Angels was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.{{cite web|title=St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassingham|url=http://www.withamsidechurches.org.uk/our-churches/bassingham/|website=Withamside Churches|accessdate=7 August 2016}} The church is in the Bassingham Group of seven churches.

In 1998 the church added a seventh bell: the ship's bell from HMS Bassingham, presented by her former commander after she was decommissioned. It hangs in a mahogany bell hood in the north aisle and is rung to signal the start of Sunday worship.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

Bassingham has two public houses, the Five Bells and the Bugle Horn, a primary school, and a Methodist chapel.