Wainfleet St Mary

The name "Wainfleet" is derived from {{lang|enm|Wegn fleot}}, a stream that can be crossed by a wagon (compare with 'wainwright', a maker of wagons).McAvoy, F.; [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol38/38_134_163.pdf Marine Salt Extraction:The Excavation of Salterns at Wainfleet St Mary, Lincolnshire] ; p. 138; Archaeology Data Service; retrieved 30 April 2011

The first mention of Wainfleet St Mary as a separate and distinct place from Wainfleet All Saints, is in 1378 when it belonged to the Priory of Stixwould.{{cite book|title=A topgraphical and historical account of wainfleet and the wapentake of candleshoe in the county of Lincoln|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oQuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22wainfleet+st+mary%22&pg=PA21|publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green|access-date=1 May 2011|author=Edmund Oldfield|year = 1829|page=73/4}}

The limestone Grade II listed church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from the 12th century, being restored in 1875 and 1892.{{cite web|title=British Listed Buildings|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-420461-church-of-st-mary-wainfleet-st-mary|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=1 May 2011}} The western tower dates from the 12th century although it was raised in the 15th century. Inside is a 15th-century font and a black and white marble monument, with broken pediment, to Edward Barkham who died in 1724. {{convert|100|yd|m|spell=In}} south of the nave is the remains of a 14th-century stone cross, which is both a scheduled monument and Grade II listed.{{cite web|title=British Listed Buildings|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-420462-cross-9-metres-south-of-nave-of-church-o|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=1 May 2011}}

There is a Grade II listed windmill at Mill Garage built of red brick in the early 19th century. It ceased working in 1947 and has been converted into a house.{{NHLE|desc=Windmill|num=1224509|access-date=26 August 2011}}{{PastScape|mnumber=498480|mname=Windmill|access-date=26 August 2011}}

Within the garden of Pinfold Lodge, lying at the junction of Vicarage Road and Low Road, is a brick-built octagonal pinfold roofed with slate. It is Grade II listed and thought to date back to approximately 1800.{{NHLE|desc=Horse engine|num=1224505|access-date=26 August 2011}}{{PastScape|mnumber=1432443|mname=Pinfold|access-date=26 August 2011}}

Wainfleet St Mary C of E Primary School originated in the Bethlehem Hospital School, built in 1831. It was known as Wainfleet St Mary Church School by 1903, and as Wainfleet St Mary C of E School by 1913 and until 1981. The school was closed in 1987.{{cite web|title=Wainfleet St Mary CE Primary School|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/WAINFLEET-ST-MARY-CE-PRIMARY-SCHOOL/717099.record?pt=S|work=Lincs to the Past|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=26 August 2011}}

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{{Geographic location

|title = Destinations from Wainfleet St Mary

|Northwest = Thorpe St Peter, Firsby, Spilsby

|North = Burgh Le Marsh, Orby, Alford

|Northeast = Wainfleet All Saints, Croft, Skegness

|West = Midville, Stickney, Coningsby

|Centre = Wainfleet St Mary

|East = Gibraltar Point

|Southwest = Friskney, Wrangle, Boston

|South =

|Southeast =

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