Hogsthorpe

Description and Travel

Hogsthorpe is both a large village and a parish that lies in the north part of Orby Marsh about 2 miles from the North Sea, a mile west of Chapel St. Leonards, seven miles north of Skegness and six miles south-east of Alford on the A52 trunk road. Addlethorpe parish is immediately to the south, Mumby parish to the north. There used to be a small village called Slackholme just to the south of the village of Hogsthorpe. The parish covers 2,971 acres, most of which is converted salt marsh.

Photographs of the village of Hogsthorpe can be found at Community Web Shots.

If you are planning a visit:

• For folks on holiday, there is a caravan park just south of the village at Hillview Touring Park, phone: 01754 872979.
  
  
• For the enthusiast, Hill View Lakes offers fishing.
  
  
• There is also horseback riding.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Burgh sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• For the 1891 census, the FHL fiche is 6097714 (3 fiche).
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Mary.
  
  
• The church was originally built in 1393.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Mary's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• Parish registers are on deposit from 1559, and the registers are available on microfilm from the Family History Library (FHL).
  
  
• We have the very beginning of a Parish Register extract in a text file for your use. Your corrections and additions are welcome.
  
  
• Look at the LFHS indexes for the Calcewaith & Candleshoe Deanery.
  
  
• The National Burial Index (NBI) lists 1,231 burials at St. Mary's churchyeard.
  
  
• A Cross Stitch Kit of the parish church is available at Crafts Unlimited.
  
  
• The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1836. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1863. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Burgh sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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History

• In 1858 the local newspapers reported a "Shocking Murder at Hogsthorpe". John CARRATT, 35, killed his wife Eliza, but left his 3-year-old child alive.
  
  
• In 1871, the Hogsthorpe Gas Company supplied gas to the village.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 5372.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military History

• There is a photograph of the base of the War Memorial on Flickr taken by Andrew Michaels.
  
  
• A relic from World War II is the Pillbox just off the A52 taken by Rich Cooper.
  
  

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Military Records

From the Hogsthorpe War Memorial, by Eric Walters, (with additional notations):

Key to Notes:

1. Also recorded on Boston War Memorial.
2. There are 416 men listed on the CWGC site with this name.

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Names, Geographical

• The name Hogsthorpe is from the Old Scandinavian Hogg's+thorp, or "hamlet of a man named Hogg". It appeared in the 12th century as Hocgestorp.
  [A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
  
  

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Nobility

• One of the early Lords of the Manor in Hogsthorpe was Stephen CRACROFT (ca 1200-1300), son of Walter. In the 20th century, another family became prominent, that of 1st Viscount Addison (1869-1951). Christopher ADDISON was born on 19 June 1869, the youngest son of Robert Addison and Susan Fanthorpe. His papers have been compiled at the Bodleian Library.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• In August, 1882, there was an exchange of land with Mumby Civil Parish. Mumby received Sea Road and part of Whig Lane. This took the Civil Parish from 3,325 acres to 3,300 acres.
  
  
• In March, 1888, this parish gave the cottage by the sea and part of Langham Row to Mumby Civil Parish and received a similar parcel in return.
  
  
• In April, 1936, this parish received the Chapel St. Leonards parcels of 321 acres.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• A workhouse for the poor was erected in 1640, but it was converted to nine cottages in 1831.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  
• There is an undated ASHTON charity of £20 distributed to the parish poor yearly.
  
  
• In 1907, Edmund MAGER left £400 in trust, the interest to be distributed yearly to the parish poor.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	451
1831	698
1871	878
1881	719
1891	684
1901	610
1911	590
1991	797

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Schools

• A school and a master's house were built in 1857. In 1871 it had about 70 students. The current primary school is located on Thames Street.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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