Algarkirk is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) south-south-west of Boston near the A16. Some people spell the village Algakirk. It has a population of 406.
Before the Roman conquest the area was home to the Coritani; after Roman departure it became part of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Mercia. Algarkirk is called after Algar Earl of Mercia, who fell at Stow Green near Threekingham in 870 w...
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Algarkirk is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) south-south-west of Boston near the A16. Some people spell the village Algakirk. It has a population of 406.
Before the Roman conquest the area was home to the Coritani; after Roman departure it became part of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Mercia. Algarkirk is called after Algar Earl of Mercia, who fell at Stow Green near Threekingham in 870 while resisting the Danes, and is reputedly buried in the graveyard of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul. The "kirk" element of the name comes from the Old English "circe" meaning church, which was later replaced by the Old Norse "kirk".
The 9th century church itself is Early English and Norman with a double aisle transept and a font of Purbeck marble. Under the tower are kneeling brass effigies of Nicholas Robertson (d. 1498), Merchant of the Staple of Calais, and his two wives Alice and Isabella. In 1492, he and Isabella glazed the...
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