Hagworthingham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the A158, 5 miles (8 km) east of Horncastle and 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Spilsby.[2] In 2011 the parish had a population of 359.

Hagworthingham
Stockwith Mill, Hagworthingham
Hagworthingham is located in Lincolnshire
Hagworthingham
Hagworthingham
Location within Lincolnshire
Population359 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTF344692
• London115 mi (185 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSpilsby
Postcode districtPE23
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°12′11″N 0°00′39″E / 53.203159°N 0.010807°E / 53.203159; 0.010807

The place-name 'Hagworthingham' is attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as "Haberdingham" and "Hacberding(e)ham" according to Ekwall, which states the name means 'the ham [village] of the Hagworth people'.[3] According to Mills, Domesday assigns it "Hacberdingeham", and gives an 1198 reference of "Hagwrthingham", meaning possibly "homestead of the family or followers of a man called Haguweard", from the Old English combination of a person name with 'inga' (denoting ownership) and 'hām' (homestead, village manor or estate).[4]

Road to Holy Trinity Church before the First World War

Hagworthingham church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was restored by James Fowler of Louth in 1859.[5]

Thomas Drant, the clergyman and translator of Horace, was born in Hagworthingham.

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References

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  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Hagworthingham Parish Council", lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2011
  3. ^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 211.
  4. ^ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011), pp. 219. ISBN 019960908X
  5. ^ Historic England. "Church of Holy Trinity (1063670)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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