Hardwick, Lincolnshire
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| Hardwick | |
| Lincolnshire | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK866756 |
| Location: | 53°16’16"N, -0°41’52"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 44 (2001) |
| Post town: | LN1 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
Hardwick is parish with barely a hamlet to its name in Lindsey in Lincolnshire, about seven miles from Lincoln.
The name "Hardwick" means 'Herd farm'.[1]
History
Hardwick is recorded in the Domesday Book as Harduic.[2] Thomas Cantock, later Bishop of Emly and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was appointed parish priest of Hardwick in 1291.[3] Hardwick was formerly a township in the parish of Torksey.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hardwick, Lincolnshire) |
- Settlement remains, Hardwick: Heritage Gateway
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ "Lincolnshire G-H". The Domesday Book Online. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/lincolnshire3.html#hardwicktorksey. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ↑ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 London John Murray 1926
- ↑ "History of Hardwick, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12520. Retrieved 31 December 2021.