Hagworthingham
Hagworthingham | |
Stockwith Mill, Hagworthingham |
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Hagworthingham |
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Population | 359 (2011)[1] |
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OS grid reference | TF344692 |
– London | 115 mi (185 km) S |
District | East Lindsey |
Shire county | Lincolnshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Spilsby |
Postcode district | PE23 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Louth and Horncastle |
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Coordinates: 53°12′11″N 0°00′39″E / 53.203159°N 0.010807°E
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.
- ↑ "Church of Holy Trinity", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 14 August 2011
External links
- Media related to Hagworthingham at Wikimedia Commons
- "Hagworthingham", Genuki.org.uk
- "Listed buildings in Hagworthingham", Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
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