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.
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]
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Hagworthingham Parish Council", lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2011
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 211.
- ^ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011), pp. 219. ISBN 019960908X
- ^ Historic England. "Church of Holy Trinity (1063670)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
External links
Media related to Hagworthingham at Wikimedia Commons- "Hagworthingham", Genuki.org.uk
- "Listed buildings in Hagworthingham", Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
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