Alvingham

Alvingham
St Adelwold church with neighbouring (redundant) St Mary's Church (North Cockerington) in the background, next to the Louth Canal
Alvingham Alvingham shown within Lincolnshire
Population	256 (2011 census)^[1]
– London	130 mi (210 km) S
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOUTH
Postcode district	LN11
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 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.

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Aluingeham", meaning "Homestead of the Ælfingas (the tribe of Ælf)".^[2] 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.^[3]

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 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 follows the Seven Towns North Eau southwards, to the west of Nunnitts Farm (outside the parish). It 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 (and parish boundary) runs parallel, to the south, to the Louth Canal.

Community

The village contains two churches in the same churchyard, one, St Mary's, and now redundant, the other the only church in England to be dedicated to Saint Adelwold.

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^[4] and a farm shop.^[5]

Gallery

Gallery
Remains of a lock
Louth Canal
Alvingham Mill
St Adelwold

References

↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 August 2015.
↑ Mills, A.D., "Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names" (2nd Edition), p. 9, OUP, 1997
↑ Lyne, Raphael (2004). Googe, Barnabe (1540–1594). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 23 November 2013. (subscription required)
↑ Village website
↑ Good Food TV Channel

External links

Media related to Alvingham at Wikimedia Commons

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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Civil parishes	Aby with Greenfield Addlethorpe Alford (town) Alvingham Anderby Ashby with Scremby Asterby Aswardby Authorpe Baumber Beesby with Saleby Belchford Belleau Benniworth Bilsby Binbrook Bolingbroke Brackenborough with Little Grimsby Bratoft Brinkhill Bucknall Burgh le Marsh (town) Burgh on Bain Burwell Calcethorpe with Kelstern Candlesby with Gunby Carrington Chapel St Leonards Claxby St Andrew Claxby with Moorby Claythorpe Coningsby (town) Conisholme Covenham St Bartholomew Covenham St Mary Croft Cumberworth Dalby Donington on Bain East Barkwith East Keal East Kirkby Eastville Edlington with Wispington Elkington Farlesthorpe Firsby Fotherby Friskney Frithville and Westville Fulletby Fulstow Gautby Gayton le Marsh Gayton le Wold Goulceby Grainsby Grainthorpe Great Carlton Great Steeping Great Sturton Greetham with Somersby Grimoldby Hagworthingham Hainton Hallington Haltham Halton Holegate Hameringham Hannah cum Hagnaby Harrington Hatton Haugh Haugham Hemingby High Toynton Hogsthorpe Holton le Clay Horncastle (town) Horsington Hundleby Huttoft Ingoldmells Irby in the Marsh Keddington Kirkby on Bain Langriville Langton Langton by Spilsby Langton by Wragby Legbourne Little Carlton Little Cawthorpe Little Steeping Louth (town) Low Toynton Ludborough Ludford Lusby with Winceby Mablethorpe and Sutton (town) Maidenwell Maltby le Marsh Manby Mareham le Fen Mareham on the Hill Markby Market Stainton Marshchapel Mavis Enderby Midville Minting Muckton Mumby New Leake North Coates North Cockerington North Ormsby North Somercotes North Thoresby Orby Partney Raithby Raithby cum Maltby Ranby Reston Revesby Rigsby with Ailby Roughton Saltfleetby Sausthorpe Scamblesby Scrivelsby Sibsey Skegness (town) Skendleby Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven Sotby South Cockerington South Ormsby cum Ketsby South Somercotes South Thoresby South Willingham Spilsby (town) Stenigot Stewton Stickford Stickney Stixwould and Woodhall Strubby with Woodthorpe Swaby Tathwell Tattershall Tattershall Thorpe Tetford Tetney Theddlethorpe All Saints Theddlethorpe St Helen Thimbleby Thornton le Fen Thorpe St Peter Toynton All Saints Toynton St Peter Tumby Tupholme Ulceby with Fordington Utterby Waddingworth Wainfleet All Saints (town) Wainfleet St Mary Waithe Walmsgate Well Welton le Marsh Welton Le Wold West Ashby West Barkwith West Fen West Keal West Torrington Wildmore Willoughby with Sloothby Withcall Withern with Stain Wood Enderby Woodhall Spa Wragby Wyham cum Cadeby Yarburgh

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Minor Anglo-Saxon tribes and fiefs	Ælfingas Æbbingas Godhelmingas Arosæte Beormingas Bilsæte Brahhingas Duddensæte Cilternsæte Eorlingas Husmerae Gaini Sunningas Brycgstowl Banesbyrig Lindisfaras Woccingas Nox-gaga and Oht-gaga Middle Saxons Middle Angles North Mercians Duddaæte Gyrwas Tetingas Basingas Snotingas Spaldingas Stoppingas Sweordora Tewingas Westerne Elmetsæte Gewisse Rēadingas Weorgoran Sumorsaete Waeclingas Haueringas

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