Ingoldmells
- 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:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3394 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul.
- Anglican parish registers date from 1561 (some sources give 1633).
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 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".
- The parish was in the ancient Marsh division of the Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- On March 24, 1888, a detached part of Ingoldmells was added to Addlethorpe parish, and part of that parish transferred to Ingoldmells.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
137 |
| 1831 |
206 |
| 1871 |
301 |
| 1881 |
241 |
| 1891 |
197 |
| 1911 |
208 |
| 1991 |
1,668 |
- 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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[Last updated: 6-December-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
