Hogsthorpe
- 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 piece numbers are RG 12/2064, and the FHL fiche is 6097714 (3 fiche).
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 637 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2376 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2064 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. 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):
- 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 churchyard.
- 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.
- 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.
Hogsthorpe is both a 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, 7 miles north of Skegness and 6 miles southeast 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.
- In 1871, the Hogsthorpe Gas Company supplied gas to the village.
- 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.
- 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]
- One of the early Lords of the Manor in Hogsthorpe was Stephen CRACROFT (ca 1200-1300), son of Walter. In the last 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.
- 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.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
451 |
| 1831 |
698 |
| 1871 |
878 |
| 1891 |
684 |
| 1911 |
590 |
| 1991 |
797 |
- 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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[Last updated: 31-March-2008 - Louis R. Mills]
