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Ingoldmells

Census

• The parish was in the Burgh sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• We have an extract of a small portion of the 1901 surname index which you are welcome to review or add to.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
  
  
• The original date of construction is circa 1180.
  
  
• The tower was added in the 14th century.
  
  
• The church chancel was taken down about 1706 because it had deteriorated.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1858 and again in 1898.
  
  
• The church is a Grade I listed building with British Heritage.
  
  

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Church Records

• Anglican parish registers date from 1561.
  
  
• The Bishop's Transcripts of those registers dates from 1562 through 1839. Both can be ordered from the London Family History Centre on microfilm.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Primitive Methodists had a chapel built here in 1836. For information and assistance in researching this chapel, 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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Description and Travel

Ingoldmells (sometimes "Ingoldmels") is both a village and a parish that lie on the North Sea about 10 miles Southeast of Alford and 4 miles north of Skegness. Winthorpe parish lies to the south and Chapel St. Leonard parish to the north. Ingoldmells Point is the eastern-most point of land in Lincolnshire at high tide.

The village can be reached by taking the A52 trunk road north from Skegness. Today it is a popular summer resort with cabins and caravan parks for tourists and families on holiday. If you are planning a visit:

• Here you can find Fantasy Island, Britain's first themed indoor resort.
  
  
• Nearby, on Anchor Lane, is Hardy's Animal Farm for the children, open from Easter to October.
  
  
• To see the new village sign, visit Ridgecrest Co.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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History

• In 1900 the parish had a Coast Guard station with Walter MEAD as the lead boatman.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 5668.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #274 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

• RAF Ingoldmells was a Chain Home Low station during World War II. This station, along with others, served as an early warning radar of Luftwaffe raids on the Midlands.
  
  
• The War Memorial Cross in the churchyard on High Street dates from 1600 and was updated in 1919. It is a Grade II listed item with British Heritage.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name Ingoldmells is from the Old Scandinavian Ingjaldr+melr, or "sandbanks of Ingjaldr". It appears, perhaps incorrectly, in the 1086 Domesday Book as in Guldelsmere, and in the 12th century as Ingoldesmeles.
  A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
  
  
• The locals pronounce the name as "Ing-a-mells".
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Marsh division of the Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• On March 24, 1888, a detached part of Ingoldmells was added to Addlethorpe parish, and part of that parish transferred to Ingoldmells.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	137
1831	206
1871	301
1881	241
1891	197
1911	208
1991	1,668

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Schools

• A Board School (formerly National) was built in 1825 and enlarged in 1865.
  
  
• A School Board was formed on 10 March, 1876, for the united district of Addlethorpe and Ingoldmells. They took over the school listed above.
  
  
• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1909 to hold 74 children.
  
  
• The current Ingoldmells Primary School is on Simpsons Court, Ingoldmells, Skegness, Lincs, PE25 1PS, UNITED KINGDOM, tele: 01754 72989.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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