Alvingham, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Alvingham, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, in the vale of the river Lud and on the Louth Canal, 3½ miles NE of Louth station on the G.N.R., with a post office under Louth. Acreage, 1794; population of the civil parish, 251; of the ecclesiastical, 477. A Gilbertine priory stood here, dedicated to the Virgin and St Adelwold, and was given at the dissolution to the Clintons. The chapel of this priory still remains and serves as a church for North Cocker-ington. The living is a vicarage, united with Cockerington, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net yearly value, about £350 with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Norman style. There are also Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Alvingham St. Adelwold | |
Hundred | Louth-Eske | |
Poor Law union | Louth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Alvingham:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1585-1911 | 1585-1911 | 1585-1911 |
Churches
Church of England
St. Adelwold (parish church)
The church of St. Adelwold is an ancient building of stone, in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower, with four small pinnacles, containing 3 bells; there are 110 sittings.
St. Mary (parish church)
A priory of Gilbertine nuns and canons, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St. Adelwold, was founded here in the reign of Henry II. which, at the Dissolution, was granted to Lord Clifton, there being at that time 27 canons, and revenues valued at £128: the still remaining chapel, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, south aisle, with entrance and south-west tower, was thoroughly repaired in 1841 and now serves as a church for this and the adjoining parish of North Cockerington, this and the church of St. Adelwold both being in the same churchyard.
Methodist
Primitive Methodist Chapel
The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1848.
United Methodist Chapel
The Free Methodists built a chapel here in 1854, which later became the United Methodist Chapel.
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1836
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Alvingham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Alvingham (St. Adelwold))
Maps
Online maps of Alvingham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: