In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Algar Kirk like this:
ALGARKIRK, a parish in Boston district, Lincoln; on the Peterborough and Boston railway, near Fosdyke Wash, 6½ miles S by W of Boston. It has a station, with Sutterton, on the railway. Post Town, Sutterton under Spalding. Acres, 6,050. Real property, £10,828. Pop., 772. Houses, 155. ...
The property is subdivided. Much of the surface is fen. Algarkirk House is the seat of the Rev. B. Beridge. The living is a rectory, united with Fosdyke, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £1,310.* Patron, the Rev. B. Beridge. The church is cruciform, with a low central tower; shows successive characters from traces of Norman to later English; has a beautiful new reredos; and contains sedilia and an octagonal font. A pillar in the churchyard is said to mark the grave of Algar, Earl of Mercia, who fell in battle against the Danes at Threkingham, in 870. Hence the name Algarkirk. Charities £24, and a share in Fosdyke hospital.
Algar Kirk through time
Algar Kirk is now part of Boston district. Click here for graphs and data of how Boston has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Algar Kirk itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Algar Kirk, in Boston and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11392
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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