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Addlethorpe, Lincolnshire
Addlethorpe maps
Historic maps of Addlethorpe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Addlethorpe maps
Historic map of Addlethorpe
Illustrated Victorian map of Lincolnshire
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Addlethorpe books
Displaying 3 of 6 books about Addlethorpe and the local area. View all Addlethorpe books
Lincolnshire Living Memoires
Paperback
£14
Grantham Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13
Lincoln Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Addlethorpe
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My great grandfather, John Foster Merril (1840-1844), was the innkeeper at the Kings Head Inn in Addlethorpe. His son, John Booth Merrill, wrote this in his memoirs: "I, John Booth Merrill, was born at Addlethorpe ... at the King's Head tavern on July 6, 1866. My father's brother Thomas Merrill visited us from the USA. It was said during the celebration... [more]
Shared on 01 October 2006
Lincolnshire memories
I remember going to Hogsthorpe to see some family member. They had the butchers shop. My grandad was Euclid Stephenson. Born1875. Lived on the High Street, he worked as a postman,and was a member of the post office choir, who went to "the Holyland" singing.There is a carving on a house with the Stephenson name on it. Euclid married Lucy Cutts.... [more]
Shared on 23 February 2008
I was born in 1951 and in April 1953 our family moved to Hogsthorpe. My parents were worried as that was the year of the floods and they had put furniture in our new home. Although the police would not let them through to check on things, fortunately, Hogsthorpe was not flooded. So we moved in and in... [more]
Shared on 30 June 2006
Did anyone know my grandparents?
John and May Mcgahan worked in a Chapel-St-Leonards' chipshop for Ben? My mother was called Margaret Mcgahan. Does anyone remember them? Did you work with them? I would like to find out more.
I have moved away now but my brother runs a cafe at Cafe St Leonards.
Shared on 30 August 2009
Extracts From Addlethorpe & Lincolnshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Addlethorpe, inspired by Frith photos.
St Nicholas' Church and the village are now bypassed from the busy A52 that thunders along towards Mablethorpe. Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'. Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork. The marsh, the land immediately behind the sand hills, was used... [more]
This is an extract from Lincolnshire Living Memoires.
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St Nicholas' Church and the village are now bypassed from the busy A52 that thunders along towards Mablethorpe. Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'. Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork. The marsh, the land immediately behind the sand hills, was used... [more]
This is an extract from Lincolnshire Living Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
Skegness Town and City Memories
The Crazy Golf Course is still there; so are the hotels and flats fronting South Parade, including the Lakeside Hotel on the extreme right.
This is an extract from Skegness Town and City Memories.
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