Alvingham

Coordinates: 53°24′01″N 0°02′57″E / 53.400392°N 0.049266°E / 53.400392; 0.049266
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Alvingham
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOUTH
Postcode districtLN11
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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Lincolnshire
53°24′01″N 0°02′57″E / 53.400392°N 0.049266°E / 53.400392; 0.049266

Alvingham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) north-east from the market town of Louth.[2]

History

The village is mentioned in the

Ælf)".[3] It was the location of a Gilbertine 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.[4]

Alvingham Mill is mentioned in the Domesday Book. [5]

Geography

In the west of the parish, the village borders Keddington. The parish boundary meets Brackenborough with Little Grimsby, east of Brackenborough Wood. Passing northwards, it meets Yarburgh, and crosses the Alvingham–Yarburgh road near Newholme. It follows Black Dike in a north-east direction, north of America Farm. Where it crosses the north–south Louth Canal, it briefly meets Grainthorpe.

On Alvingham Fen it meets

River Lud
. The river (and parish boundary) runs parallel, to the south, to the Louth Canal.

Community

The village is noted for containing two churches in the same churchyard. One, the now redundant St Mary's was previously the church of the neighbouring parish of North Cockerington, and is now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The other, Alvingham's parish church of St Adelwold's, was restored in 1933 after being unused for most of the 19th century. St. Adelwold's was built on the foundations of an earlier Saxon church and is the only British church dedicated to the Saxon Saint Adelwold.[2][6]

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. The religious parish is larger than the civil parish, as it includes North Cockerington, a civil parish.

The village has a Women's Institute[7] and a farm shop.[8]

Alvingham Village Hall holds events for the village and the wider local area, including an 'Open Mic' night for musical talent.[citation needed]

Gallery

  • Gallery
  • Remains of a lock
    Remains of a
    lock
  • Louth Canal
    Louth Canal
  • Alvingham Mill
    Alvingham Mill
  • St Adelwold
    St Adelwold

References

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780340254875
    .
  3. ^ Mills, A.D., Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (2nd Edition), p. 9, OUP, 1997
  4. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    . Retrieved 23 November 2013. (subscription required)
  5. ISBN 1 85306 077 1
    .
  6. ^ Mansfield, Steve. "The Two Churches". The Villages of Alvington & North Cockerington. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  7. ^ Village website Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Good Food TV Channel". Uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

External links

Media related to Alvingham at Wikimedia Commons

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