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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishAlvingham St. Adelwold 
HundredLouth-Eske 
Poor Law unionLouth 

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:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1585-1911 1585-19111585-1911

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:


Maps

Online maps of Alvingham are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictEast Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN11
Post TownLouth

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