page_title: Legbourne
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Legbourne / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: Legbourne village pump Ornate, stone housed village pump at Legbourne, erected in memory of a very dear mother by the vicar of this parish for the free use of his parishioners and all wayfarers. A.D. 1877.
context_page_description: Legbourne is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 3 miles south-east of the town of Louth. The Greenwich Prime Zero meridian line passes through the village.
context_section_description: Legbourne church, built about 1380, is dedicated to All Saints. A Grade I listed building, it was extensively rebuilt in 1865. The church clock was presented by Thomas Cheney Garfitt in 1890.
  The village pump, Grade II listed, is a canopied and pinnacled stone structure in front of the church, built by Canon J. Overton in 1877 in memory of his mother. It was the principal supply of water to the village until 1953, when mains water arrived.
  Legbourne tower mill, also Grade II listed, was built by Thomas Davy in 1847 after an older post mill burned down. It is now a private dwelling.
  The disused Legbourne Road railway station was built in 1863 for the Great Northern Railway. The level crossing has disappeared, but the old station house survives as a private residence.
  Legbourne Wood is one of the few ancient woodlands in eastern Lincolnshire and the largest of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust woodland nature reserves. The Trust bought the wood in 2004. Its canopy is ash and oak. Beneath the trees, over 60 species of wild flowers have been recorded, including primrose, early purple orchid, bluebell, wood anemone, sweet woodruff, wood sorrel and lesser celandine. There is a varied bird population, including one of the largest heronries in the county.
caption: Legbourne village pump
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