Waddingworth

{{Short description|Hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| 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 = {{coord|53.222470|-0.219805|display=inline,title}}

| 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 {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} 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'.{{cite web | url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Lincolnshire/Waddingworth | title=Key to English Place-names }}

At the time of the 1086 Domesday Book, "Waldingurde" or "Wadingurde" consisted of 60 households.{{cite web|title=Waddingworth|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF1871/waddingworth/|work=Domesday Map|publisher=Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull|access-date=21 August 2011}}

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.{{cite PastScape|mname=St Marys, Waddingworth|mnumber=351561|access-date=21 August 2011}}{{NHLE|desc=St Marys Waddingworth|num=1359920|access-date=21 August 2011}}