Records, Historical and Antiquarian, of Parishes Round HorncastleWalter, J. Conway (James Conway)
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Records, Historical and Antiquarian, of Parishes Round Horncastle
Walter, J. Conway (James Conway)
Parishes -- England -- Horncastle -- History
Outside the boundary of Tetford, to the west, and strictly speaking in
the parish of Salmonby, a number of flint arrow-heads have been found on
Warlow farm, near a spot named “Warlow Camp.” They are of a trilobite
form, finely chipped, and about one inch in length, three-quarters of an
inch broad at base. They belong to the neolithic period; and from the
very crisp character of the chipping, it is evident that they have not
been used; there was probably a factory of such implements on the spot.
Several specimens may be seen at the house of Mr. Westerby, tenant of the
farm.
WADDINGWORTH.
Waddingworth is a small village, about 6 miles from Horncastle, in a
north-westerly direction, between Gautby and Wispington. The church,
dedicated to St. Margaret, is now in a very dilapidated condition. The
rectory is held at the present time (1904) by the Rev. L. Dewhurst, along
with that of Gautby, where he has a fairly commodious house, with
permission from the Bishop to hold only occasional services at
Waddingworth Church, as that at Gautby is almost equally convenient for
the people of both parishes.
The register dates from 1640, but entries are found in the registers of
Baumber, for this parish, from 1695 to 1779. At Bardney is the nearest
postal and telegraph office. Letters come _via_ Horncastle. It is
altogether a very out-of-the-way spot.
The antiquity of Waddingworth is probably shown in its name, which,
according to some, consists of the Saxon “Wodin” (or “Odin”), their God
of war (which name also appears in our Wednesday, or Wodin’s day), and
the Saxon “worth,” an inclosure, which also appears in several
place-names in the neighbourhood, as Benniworth, Faldingworth,
Hag-_worth_-_ing_ham. The last of these names, however, suggests a
derivation which I am inclined to think more probable. Divide the name
into three elements, and we get wad, or “woad,” a plant greatly valued by
the Britons, who dyed their bodies with it (and which name would continue
through the Saxon period, as it does still), and “ing,” Saxon for meadow,
and “worth,” Saxon for enclosure, the whole meaning an “enclosed field of
woad”; enclosed, doubtless, because of the value of the woad. It is
still a valuable crop, and frequently mixed with the Indian “Indigo.”
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