Hagworthingham
Hagworthingham | |
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Stockwith Mill, Hagworthingham | |
Hagworthingham Location within Lincolnshire | |
Population | 359 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TF344692 |
• London | 115 mi (185 km) S |
District | |
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Region |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Spilsby |
Postcode district | PE23 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Hagworthingham (often referred to locally as Hag) is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A158, 5 miles (8 km) east of Horncastle and 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Spilsby.[2]
The place-name 'Hagworthingham' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Haberdingham and Hacberdingham. The name means 'village of the hawthorn homestead people'.[3]
Hagworthingham church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was restored by James Fowler of Louth in 1859.[4]
Thomas Drant, the clergyman and translator of Horace, was born in Hagworthingham.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Hagworthingham Parish Council", lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2011
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.211.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of Holy Trinity (1063670)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
External links[]
- Media related to Hagworthingham at Wikimedia Commons
- "Hagworthingham", Genuki.org.uk
- "Listed buildings in Hagworthingham", Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
Categories:
- Villages in Lincolnshire
- Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
- East Lindsey District
- Lincolnshire geography stubs