Hagworthingham

Hagworthingham

Stockwith Mill, Hagworthingham
Hagworthingham
 Hagworthingham shown within Lincolnshire
Population 359 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTF344692
    London 115 mi (185 km)  S
DistrictEast Lindsey
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Spilsby
Postcode district PE23
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentLouth and Horncastle
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°12′11″N 0°00′39″E / 53.203159°N 0.010807°E / 53.203159; 0.010807

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]

Road to Holy Trinity Church before the First World War

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

  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. "Hagworthingham Parish Council", lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2011
  3. Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.211.
  4. "Church of Holy Trinity", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 14 August 2011


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