Hagworthingham
| Hagworthingham | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Stockwith Mill, Hagworthingham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF344692 |
| Location: | 53°12’11"N, -0°-0’39"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 359 (2011) |
| Post town: | Spilsby |
| Postcode: | PE23 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Hagworthingham is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is on the A158, five miles east of Horncastle and four miles north-west of Spilsby.[1]
The name 'Hagworthingham' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Haberdingham and Hacberdingham. The name has been reconstructed to mean 'village of the hawthorn homestead people'.[2]
Hagworthingham church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was restored by the architect James Fowler]] of Louth in 1859.[3]
Thomas Drant, the clergyman and translator of Horace, was born in Hagworthingham.
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References
- ↑ Hagworthingham Parish Council
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 211 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063670: Church of Holy Trinity (Grade @ listing)