| Country: | England |
| Static Image: | Lower Lemington church (geograph 4649318).jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Church of St Leonard |
| Coordinates: | 52.004°N -1.702°W |
| Label Position: | top |
| Os Grid Reference: | SP218344 |
| Official Name: | Lower Lemington |
| Civil Parish: | Batsford |
| Shire District: | Cotswold |
| Shire County: | Gloucestershire |
| Region: | South West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Cotswold |
| Post Town: | Moreton-in-Marsh |
| Postcode District: | GL56 |
| Postcode Area: | GL |
| Dial Code: | 01386 |
Lower Lemington is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Batsford, in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 2miles north-east of Moreton-in-Marsh.
Lower Lemington lies east of the Fosse Way, and west of a small stream which may have been called the Leam and may have given its name to the place.[1]
There was a settlement here in Saxon times, and the place was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Lemingtune, when it was in the possession of Tewkesbury Abbey.[2] The village continued to be known as Lemington until the 16th century. A distinction was then made between Lower Lemington and Upper Lemington: the two places were effectively a single village but with different manorial holdings and land ownership.[3] Lower Lemington, held by Tewkesbury Abbey, was a separate manor and parish. Upper Lemington, about 300 metres to the east, was a manor held by Westminster Abbey and was included in the parish of Todenham. By the 20th century the name Upper Lemington had fallen out of use.[4]
The church of St Leonard was built in the 12th century. It is now a Grade I listed building.
Lower Lemington became a civil parish in 1866. By 1931 the population of the parish was only 50. On 1 April 1935 the civil parish was abolished and merged into the civil parish of Batsford.[5]