LOLHAM is best known as a railway crossing over the main east coast line near West Deeping, ten miles south of Bourne, but it does have a small farming community, a water-mill and some historic stone bridges.
This is one of the oldest and it spans the Maxey Cut just a few yards from the railway line and is only wide enough to take single lane traffic. There has been a bridge at this point since Roman times and this structure of mellowed stone dates back to the 17th century but is still able to cope with regular use by modern cars and farm vehicles.
Lolham Mill stands on the River Welland and was built in 1640. The old mill survives behind the main house but it is this imposing building of Regency design added almost two centuries later that catches the eye. The mill no longer grinds corn and is now a working farm, standing amid a landscape of wood-fringed meadows and sheep pastures, beautifully maintained with well-tended gardens and many features from its historic past while the mill race and operating machinery can still be seen above the mill pool.
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