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. |
1841 |
H.O. 107 / 638 |
1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2110 |
1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2376 |
1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3394 |
1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2604 |
1901 |
R.G. 13 / 3077 |
- 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.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Peter & St. Paul's Church on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2009.
- 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.
- 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.
- In 1900 the parish had a Coast Guard station, with Walter MEAD as the lead boatman.
- David CURRIE has a photograph of the current Coast Guard station on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2006.
- Bill HENDERSON has a photograph of the Three Tuns Public House on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2013.
- These are the names associated with the Three Tuns in various directories:
Year |
Person |
1842 |
John SOWDEN |
1868 |
Michael WHILEY |
1872 |
-- not listed -- |
1882 |
Joseph DAVISON, victualler |
1900 |
Mrs. Susannah HARDY |
1913 |
John TAYLOR |
1930 |
John TAYLOR |
- 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 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 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.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Churchyard Cross on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2009.
- 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".
- 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 in the 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.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spilsby petty session hearings every other Monday.
- After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
Year |
Inhabitants |
1801 |
137 |
1831 |
206 |
1851 |
286 |
1871 |
301 |
1881 |
241 |
1891 |
197 |
1911 |
208 |
1921 |
262 |
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.
Last updated on 15-October-2015
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