The lock at Alvingham was one of eight on the Louth Navigation which linked Louth to the sea near Tetney.

The canal was designed by John Grundy, and opened in 1770, remaining in use until 1924.

This view shows the unusual concave brick sections which make up the lock wall. This design enabled the walls to resist lateral ground pressure more effectively.

Frank Robinson, 2011

See Louth Navigation, a history: Stuart Sizer

The former Free Methodist / United Methodist chapel was erected in 1854 and closed in 1934, shortly after the union of Methodist churches in 1932.

September 2020

The church of St. Adelwold, Alvingham, shares a churchyard with St. Mary's of North Cockerington.

It has a 13th century tower, Perpendicular nave windows and a brick chancel of 1806.

Mark Acton, 2008

This well known view shows the churches of St Adelwold, Alvingham (nearest the camera) and St Mary, North Cockerington sharing a churchyard.

In the foreground is the Louth Canal.

undated postcard

The tower of St Adelwold's church dates from the late thirteenth century.

The church was restored by W G Watkins in 1933 after a period of disuse.

Peter Kirk Collection, 1996

Arthur Mee states :-

"For a hundred years St Adelwold's church was closed and neglected, but in 1933 it was beautifully restored in memory of Robert Armstrong Yerburgh, MP, who died in 1916.

A fitting tribute it is, for in the church chest were found documents showing that the Yerburghs had been associated with Alvingham for 800 years.

Most of the old work in the church is 14th-century.

The embattled tower has a richly moulded arch on corbels, the 14th-century font is on an inverted 15th-century capital, and there are three little sprays of leaves in old glass.

The modern woodwork is in pleasing harmony with the simple interior"

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Viewed from the east with the red brick chancel and north chapel, both of 1806, prominent.

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states :-

"The Church, (St. Adelwold,) is a small structure, with a tower at the west end, and is a perpetual curacy, valued in K.B, at £2, and now at £130, with that of Cockerington St. Mary annexed to it.

The joint benefices have been augmented with £1000 of Queen Anne's Bounty.

The Bishop of Lincoln is patron, and the Rev. Henry Howard, MA., is the incumbent"

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The chancel (and north chapel off to the left) were built in 1806 and throroughly restored in 1933.

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More detailed view of the sanctuary with C20 altar rail.

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"C13 octagonal font on richly moulded base and plinth"

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"Grey and white marble monument with urn to John Emeris, died 1835"

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Arthur Mee states :-

"For a hundred years St Adelwold's church was closed and neglected, but in 1933 it was beautifully restored in memory of Robert Armstrong Yerburgh, MP, who died in 1916.

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Looking east towards the broad C14 chancel arch.

"C20 pews, altar rail and pulpit. C19 roofs"

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Looking west towards the tower arch. 

"Interior tower arch of c.1300, with richly moulded, pointed head supported on plain polygonal corbel to north, and stylised foliate corbel to south"

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Pulpit presumably dating from the 1933 restoration.

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Alvingham & North Cockerington.

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Arthur Mee states :-

"No other church in England is dedicated to the Saxon saint Adelwold (or Ethelwald), who became Bishop of Lindisfarne.

He was a monk at Ripon before he went to live a solitary life where St Cuthbert had lived, in a cell on the island of Farne.

There he spent 12 years, and once, the venerable Bede relates, calmed a storm which was threatening some of his visitors.

He was laid to rest beside St Cuthbert at Lindisfarne"

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Alvingham watermill is close to the Louth Navigation about 3 miles north east of Louth (TF 367914).

The present structure dates from the eighteenth century with nineteenth-century alterations.

The breast shot waterwheel, 11 feet in diameter, is driven by water taken from the nearby river Lud.

In the 1970s, the mill was restored to full working order.

There has been a mill on this site since the 12th century.

Frank Robinson, 2011

The chapel on Highbridge Road was opened in 1836; a Sunday school was added in 1895.

September 2020

The date plaque on the south gable of the chapel.

September 2020

Jean Howard 17 June 2021

Jean Howard 17 June 2021

Jean Howard 17 June 2021

Jean Howard 17 June 2021

Jean Howard 17 June 2021