| Static Image Name: | St Mary's church, Marsh Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 2997986.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mary's church |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Marshchapel |
| Coordinates: | 53.4735°N 0.0459°W |
| Population: | 704 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Shire District: | East Lindsey |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
| Post Town: | Grimsby |
| Postcode District: | DN36 |
| Postcode Area: | DN |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF358993 |
| London Distance Mi: | 140 |
| London Direction: | S |
Marshchapel is a coastal village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately 11miles south-east from Grimsby and 13miles north-east from Louth. It includes the hamlets of West End and Eskham.[2]
Marshchapel has a village store cum post office, a primary school, and no public houses that are currently open,[3] The church, dedicated to St Mary is a Grade I listed building dating from the 15th century with a chancel dating from 1848.[4] [5] St Mary's is often referred to as the "Cathedral of the Marshes". In the churchyard is a cross dating from the 14th century which was originally sited at the crossroads near West End. It is both Grade II listed and a scheduled monument.[4] [6]
Marshchapel Primary School was originally built as a National School and was rebuilt in 1872, and has been known by its current name since September 1999.[7]
Marshchapel was the site of Anglo-Saxon salt-working.[8]
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south west to Yarburgh with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,194.[9]