Huttoft
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Alford, Lincolnshire
- Notable residents :* Captain John Smith who lived in nearby Willoughby* Anne Hutchinson, pioneer settler and religious reformer in the United States* Thomas Paine, who was an excise officer in the town....
in the East Lindsey
East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....
district of the county of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England.
It lies along the A52 road
A52 road
The A52 is a major road in the East Midlands, England. It runs east from the junction with the A53 at Newcastle-under-Lyme near Stoke-on-Trent via Ashbourne, Derby, Stapleford, Nottingham, West Bridgford, Bingham, Grantham, Boston and Skegness before terminating on the east Lincolnshire coast at...
, between Ingoldmells
Ingoldmells
Ingoldmells is a coastal village, civil parish and resort in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the A52.-Geography:In terms of villages it is relatively large, and receives a lot of tourism yearly due its close position to Skegness. Most housing is found in the west of the...
and Sutton-on-Sea
Sutton-on-Sea
Sutton-on-Sea is a small seaside village on the coast of Lincolnshire, England. It is close to Trusthorpe and Mablethorpe, and is part of the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton...
.
Etymology
First mentioned in Domesday BookDomesday 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...
of 1086 as Hotoft, when it consisted of 19 households.
Anglo-Norse place name : Old English
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
hoh "decline", "slope" and Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
topt "site of a house".
Same name as the Hottot
Hottot-les-Bagues
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; Hotot (f. e. Hotot-en-Auge
Hotot-en-Auge
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) ; Hautot (former Hotot. f. e. Hautot-sur-Seine
Hautot-sur-Seine
Hautot-sur-Seine is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Heraldry:-Geography:A farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some southwest of Rouen, on the D51 road.-Population:...
) in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
.
Buildings
Saint MargaretSaint Margaret
Saint Margaret may refer to:-People:* Saint Margaret the Virgin of Antioch * Saint Margaret of Scotland * Saint Margaret of England * Saint Margaret of Hungary * Saint Margaret of Cortona...
church is built of stone in the decorated
Decorated
Decorated can have several meanings:*In architecture, the Decorated Period refers to a period and style of mediaeval Gothic architecture....
style, and is a Grade I Listed Building. Built of greenstone
Greenstone
Pounamu is several types of hard, durable and highly valued nephrite jade, bowenite, or serpentinite found in New Zealand. Pounamu is the Māori name. The rocks are also generically known as "greenstone" in New Zealand English....
, limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
, and with some brick patching, Restorations took place in 1869, 1882, and 1910. The west tower is 13th-century, although it was raised in the 14th century. The font
Baptismal font
A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:...
is 15th-century, although the cover is 19th-century. The churchyard cross, is a Grade II Listed structure, which was restored in 1896 with the addition of a crucifix.
The Wesleyan Methodist chapel on Sutton Road, Huttoft, is on the Alford, Skegness and Wainfleet Methodist Circuit as of 1997.
The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel in Church Lane, which was on the Alford Methodist circuit until 1963, and has since been demolished although the graveyard remains.
The windmill
Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
is situated in the centre of the village and is a grade II listed building. It lost its sails in 1945 in a storm
Storm
A storm is any disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather...
after a century of milling.
Huttoft School was built as a National School
National school (England and Wales)
A national school was a school founded in 19th century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.These schools provided elementary education, in accordance with the teaching of the Church of England, to the children of the poor.Together with the less numerous...
in 1840, it was enlarged in 1874. It was known as Huttoft CE School by 1914, and became Huttoft County Primary in 1947. It became a Grant Maintained school and has been known as Huttoft Primary (GM) School since 1999.
Huttoft Bank
Situated about 2.5 miles (4 km) east, Huttoft Bank Pit is a nature reserveNature reserve
A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...
protected by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the whole ceremonial county of Lincolnshire England...
. It provided clay for repairs to the sea bank after the 1953 floods. There is a large open water area as well as extensive reedbeds.
Huttoft Bank leads to Huttoft Beach, also known as Moggs Eye.
Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary
Huttoft is also the location of the Radcliffe DonkeyDonkey
The donkey or ass, Equus africanus asinus, is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass, E...
Sanctuary at Bridge House Farm. (see external links)
Population
| Population of Huttoft Civil Parish Civil parish In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties... |
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| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 |
| Population | 286 | 340 | 401 | 470 | 515 | 586 | 597 | 535 | 469 | 468 | 458 | 461 | 448 | 404 | 546 |