The village of South Ormsby, England, nestles in a little green hollow in the Lincolnshire Wolds. It cannot have changed much since Elizabeth Massingberd lived there before her marriage to Edward Hyrne and their emigration to America in 1700. The village consists of the Hall, the Church, a few cottages and a pub – ‘The Massingberd Arms’.
Above: South Ormsby Church (St Leonard’s)
Above left: The Hall that Elizabeth Massingberd knew stood on this site. The present hall was built by her nephew in 1752.
Above left: One of Lincolnshire’s traditional ‘mud and stud’ cottages in South Ormsby. Above right: South Ormsby pub the Massingberd Arms.
Left: The Massingberd Arms pub sign
