Waddingworth

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title: "Waddingworth" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "hamlets-in-lincolnshire", "east-lindsey-district", "bardney"] description: "Hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddingworth" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
static_image_name	St Margaret, Waddingworth - geograph.org.uk - 105778.jpg
static_image_caption	St Margaret's Church, Waddingworth
country	England
official_name	Waddingworth
coordinates
shire_district	East Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
post_town	WOODHALL SPA
postcode_district	LN10
postcode_area	LN
os_grid_reference	TF189709
london_distance_mi	120
london_direction	S
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| static_image_name = St Margaret, Waddingworth - geograph.org.uk - 105778.jpg | static_image_alt = | static_image_caption = St Margaret's Church, Waddingworth | country = England | official_name = Waddingworth | map_alt = | coordinates = | population = | shire_district = East Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency) | post_town = WOODHALL SPA | postcode_district = LN10 | postcode_area = LN | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = TF189709 | london_distance_mi = 120 | london_direction = S Waddingworth is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and approximately 5 mi north-west from the town of Horncastle. The parish church is almost on the spot that is claimed to be the centre of Lincolnshire.

The name 'Waddingworth' means 'enclosure of the people of Wada'.

At the time of the 1086 Domesday Book, "Waldingurde" or "Wadingurde" consisted of 60 households.

The former parish church and mortuary chapel of Saint Margaret dates to the 13th or 14th century. In 1808 it was recorded as dilapidated and in the same year was rebuilt. It was again reported dilapidated in 1904 and was restored in 1913 by H. F. Traylen. The church was later used as a store and is now disused. It was built of greenstone with brick patching. Built into the stonework over the door is the carved top of a 13th-century grave slab. The interior retains a 13th-century font.

References

References

1. "Key to English Place-names".
2. "Waddingworth". Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull.
3. {{cite PastScape
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