Alvingham
| Alvingham | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Adelwold and St Mary's, Alvingham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF363912 |
| Location: | 53°24’1"N, 0°2’57"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 256 (2011) |
| Post town: | Louth |
| Postcode: | LN11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Alvingham is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, standing three miles north-east from the market town of Louth.
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Aluingeham", meaning "Homestead of the Ælfingas (the tribe of Ælf)".[1] It was the location of a Gilbertine priory, Alvingham Priory until the dissolution of the monasteries.
The 16th-century poet and translator Barnabe Googe inherited lands of the former Alvingham Priory after his father's death.[2]
Geography
On Alvingham Fen the parish bounds meet Conisholme and the Seven Towns North Eau, one of the constituents of the River Lud as it approaches the coast. Directly to the east is a large wind farm on Conisholme Fen. The boundary meets North Cockerington at the point the Seven Towns North Eau, Seven Towns South Eau, and Old Eau meet to form the River Lud. The river runs parallel, to the south, to the Louth Canal.
Churches
The village contains two churches in the same churchyard. One, St Mary's, is now a redundant church; the other is St Adelwold's, the only church in Britain to be dedicated to Æthelwold of Winchester.
St Adelwold (Alvingham with Yarburgh and North Cockerington) is in the Mid Marsh group of churches with Great Carlton, South Cockerington, and Grimoldby, and based in Grimoldby.
Community
The village has a Women's Institute
Alvingham Village Hall holds events for the village and the wider local area, including an 'Open Mic' night for musical talent.
Pictures
- Gallery
Remains of a lock
Louth Canal
Alvingham Mill
St Adelwold
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Alvingham) |
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Lyne, Raphael (2004). Googe, Barnabe (1540–1594). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11004. Retrieved 23 November 2013. (subscription required)
- Alvingham in the Domesday Book
