# Grayingham
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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_name= Church of St. Radegund, Grayingham.jpg
| static_image_alt=
| static_image_caption= Church of St Radegund, Grayingham
| country = England
| official_name= Grayingham
| map_alt=
| coordinates = {{coord|53.454110|-0.593890|display=inline,title}}
| population= 123
| population_ref= ([2011](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census))
| shire_district= [West Lindsey](/source/West_Lindsey)
| shire_county = [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire)
| region= East Midlands
| constituency_westminster= [Gainsborough](/source/Gainsborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town= GAINSBOROUGH
| postcode_district = DN21
| postcode_area= DN
| dial_code=
| os_grid_reference= SK984961
| london_distance_mi= 135
| london_direction= S
}}
'''Grayingham''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the [West Lindsey](/source/West_Lindsey) district of [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 123.[{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123854&c=Grayingham&d=16&e=62&g=6447723&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1463578863266&enc=1|title=Civil Parish 2011|accessdate=18 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}] It is situated {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} south from [Kirton in Lindsey](/source/Kirton_in_Lindsey), {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} north-east from [Gainsborough](/source/Gainsborough%2C_Lincolnshire) and 8 miles south from [Scunthorpe](/source/Scunthorpe).
The name Grayingham derives from the [Old English](/source/Old_English) ''Gra(ga)+inga+ham'' for "homestead of the family of a man named Graeg". The name is listed in the 1086 [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) as "Graingeham".[Mills, A. D. (1991): ''A Dictionary of English Place-Names'', Oxford University Press.]
Grayingham [Grade II*](/source/Listed_building) listed [Anglican](/source/Anglican) church is dedicated to [Saint Radegund](/source/Saint_Radegund).[{{NHLE|num=1063350 |desc=Church of St Radegund|accessdate= 13 August 2011}}] Originating from the 13th and 14th century, it was rebuilt in 1773 or 1797, leaving the [Early English](/source/English_Gothic_architecture) tower and west doorway intact. A further [restoration](/source/Victorian_restoration) was carried out in 1870 by [James Fowler](/source/James_Fowler_(architect)). The 19th-century [reredos](/source/reredos) is by A. B. Skipwith, and a copper-gilt [relief](/source/relief) of the [Crucifixion](/source/Crucifixion) is by [Conrad Dressler](/source/Conrad_Dressler).[Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 144; Methuen & Co. Ltd][[Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner); [Harris, John](/source/John_Harris_(curator)); ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' pp. 252, 253; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. {{ISBN|0-300-09620-8}}]
An extension to the south of the church was completed in Spring 2025, the church now has the addition of a servery, Toilet and extra meeting space.
==Notable people==
The English ecologist [Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock](/source/Adrian_Woodruffe-Peacock) was Rector of Grayingham towards the end of his life.[{{cite journal |last1=Ford |first1=Brian J. |title=A Report of the Meeting 'John Ray and his Successors' |journal=Notes and Records of the Royal Society |date=2000 |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=5–22 |doi=10.1098/rsnr.2000.0092 |s2cid=143047192 |url=https://www.brianjford.com/a-00-john-ray.htm |accessdate=12 August 2019|url-access=subscription }}] He died in this post in 1922.