Alvingham
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Alvingham is a village that lies on a small back road leading east out of Louth, Lincolnshire
Louth, Lincolnshire
Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...
, England.
Geography
In the west of the parish, it borders KeddingtonKeddington
Keddington is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies north-east from LouthKeddington Grade II listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. The church was restored in 1871-3...
. The parish boundary meets Brackenborough with Little Grimsby
Brackenborough with Little Grimsby
Brackenborough with Little Grimsby is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 78, including both Brackenborough and Little Grimsby. ....
, east of Brackenborough Wood. Passing northwards, it meets Yarburgh
Yarburgh
Yarburgh is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north east of the town of Louth.St John the Baptists church dates from at least the 13th century, although it was rebuilt after a fire in 1405 and then restored in 1855. It is now closed and in the...
, 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
Louth Navigation
The Louth Navigation was a canalisation of the River Lud. It ran 11 miles from Louth to Tetney in Lincolnshire, England, through 8 locks.-Construction:...
, it briefly meets Grainthorpe
Grainthorpe
Grainthorpe is a small village and civil parish about north east of the town of Louth, Lincolnshire, England, about from the coast. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Wragholme to the north west, and Ludney to the south east....
.
On Alvingham Fen it meets Conisholme
Conisholme
Conisholme is a small settlement in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the Cleethorpes - Mablethorpe A1031.-Geography:The village is about three miles from the Lincolnshire coast...
and the Seven Towns North Eau, a 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
North Cockerington
North Cockerington is a small village found approximately 4 miles to the east of Louth, in the English county of Lincolnshire. The village is home to the North Cockerington Church of England Primary School but has no shops or public houses....
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.
History
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
as Aluingeham, and its name means "Homestead of the Ælfingas (the tribe of Ælf)". It was the location of a Gilbertine
Gilbertine Order
The Gilbertine Order of Canons Regular was founded around 1130 by Saint Gilbert in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, where Gilbert was the parish priest...
Alvingham Priory
Alvingham Priory
Alvingham Priory was a Gilbertine priory in St. Mary, Alvingham, Lincolnshire, England. It was an intact, small, parish church of St. Adelwold, adjacent to the priory church of St. Mary...
until the dissolution of the monasteries.
Two churches
Notably, the village has two churches in the same churchyard, one dedicated to St. MarySt Mary's Church, North Cockerington
St Mary's Church, North Cockerington, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Alvingham, adjacent to the village of North Cockerington, Lincolnshire, England...
and now redundant
Redundant church
A redundant church is a church building that is no longer required for regular public worship. The phrase is particularly used to refer to former Anglican buildings in the United Kingdom, but may refer to any disused church building around the world...
, the other the only church in England to be dedicated to St. Adelwold.
St Adelwold (Alvingham with Yarburgh and North Cockerington) is in the Mid Marsh group of churches with Great Carlton
Great Carlton
Great Carlton is a village and civil parish about south east of the town of Louth, Lincolnshire, England.Great Carlton was referred to in Domesday Book as Magna Carleton. The name Carlton derives from the Old English Ceorlatun meaning the village of the free peasants, from the word ceorl meaning...
, South Cockerington
South Cockerington
South Cockerington is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about east of the town of Louth.The parish church is a grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Leonard dating from the early 14th century, and restored in 1872-73...
, and Grimoldby
Grimoldby
Grimoldby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies east of Louth, The 2001 Census reported a village population of 1151.Grimoldby Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Edith...
, and based in Grimoldby. The religious parish is bigger than the civil parish, as it includes North Cockerington, a civil parish.