Skegness Magazine

A military wedding was held at Skegness in 1915, the consenting parties being 2nd Lieut. R Wylie and Miss R Crofts. The wedding took place at St Matthew’s Church and was officiated by Rev William Disney.
The Crofts family was well-known in Skegness for their successful store in Lumley Road. The family resided at “Avondale”, Algitha [...]

17
Jan
1820
Thomas
AVISON
78
Lincs
Skegness, St Clement

28
Feb
1825
Martha
BARTON
78
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Skegness, St Clement

9
May
1814
Ann
BEE
69
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Skegness, St Clement

9
Jan
1821
Jane
BROWNING
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Skegness, St Clement

25
Aug
1813
Elizabeth
BUNCE
52
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Skegness, St Clement

8
Jul
1819
Joseph
CARTER
inf
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Skegness, St Clement

31
Jul
1823
Mildred
CARTER
inf
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Skegness, St Clement

28
Aug
1814
Thomas
CARTER
2w
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Skegness, St Clement

22
Apr
1817
William
CARTER
6
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Skegness, St Clement

17
Feb
1813
Elizabeth
EVERINGTON
64
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Skegness, St Clement

29
Dec
1822
Enis
GOLLANS
inf
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Skegness, St Clement

18
Feb
1815
John
GREEN
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Skegness, St Clement

31
Jul
1823
John
GREEN
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Skegness, St Clement

1
Nov
1819
Susanna
GREEN
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Skegness, St Clement

29
May
1824
George
HACKFORD
53
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Skegness, St Clement

19
Mar
1825
Charles
HOUGHTON
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Skegness, St Clement

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May
1816
Mary
HOUGHTON
42
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Skegness, St Clement

21
Mar
1819
Susanna
HOUGHTON
27
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Skegness, St Clement

7
Mar
1821
John
LADLEY
inf
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Skegness, St Clement

1
Jun
1824
John
LUNN
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Skegness, St Clement

10
Nov
1814
Elizabeth
MARFLEET
80
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Skegness, St Clement

26
Mar
1814
Mary
MILLER
74
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Skegness, St Clement

27
Oct
1814
Robert
MILLER
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Skegness, St Clement

11
May
1818
William
MILLER
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Skegness, St Clement

26
Dec
1818
Rebecca
MILSON
44
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Skegness, St Clement

28
Feb
1825
Leviner
PRESTON
inf
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Skegness, St Clement

23
Oct
1824
Mary
RHOADS
39
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Skegness, St Clement

8
Jun
1817
Elizabeth
SEARBY
49
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Skegness, [...]

1901 census showing Henry Vivian Tippet in Skegness.

Henry Vivian Tippet’s grave in St Clement’s Church, Skegness

Can YOU help identify this mystery woman?

We have been fortunate enough for this old studio portrait photograph to have been added to our collection, but sadly we know very little about the lady in the picture.
Her name is “Rose Stilling of Skegness”, as written on the back of the photo, and the photographer appears to [...]

From skimming through the censuses of Skegness, it seems there were two buildings connected with the coast guard. The first is Lifeboat Cottage and the second is a terrace of five abodes, numbered 1-5, collectively called Coast Guard Cottages. They are situated off St Andrew’s Drive, north of Skegness.
Lookout Cottage is east of the Coast [...]

Perrin Family

The Perrins are an established family in the Skegness area and are renown for their connections with the Skegness lifeboat.
A work colleague of mine declared that she was connected to the Perrin family but wasn’t sure exactly how. She told me that her grandfather was called Wilfred Stanley Perrin and he was born in [...]

The Grunnill family is long established in Skegness. Some of its members have been prominent in coast guard and seafaring activities.
The 1841 census of Skegness records only one Grunnill. He was Thomas, born in 1816 and he was a fisherman. Thomas was living at Marine Villa in Skegness, with Mary Grunnill and Henry Moody.
Grunnill Family [...]

Mid 1980s, plans were made, buildings were demolished, the path was paved for a new indoor shopping mall in Skegness.
On September 17th 1988, the Hildreds Shopping Centre was officially opened. But why was it named ‘Hildreds’?
Well, let’s look at one of the buildings that was demolished.
One of the first hotels in Skegness was [...]

The Moody family is long established in Skegness. Some of its members have been prominent in coast guard and seafaring activities.
In the study of the Moody surname in Skegness, we will concern ourselves with only the male members.
As we know, the first census to be taken was in 1841.
Consulting the 1841 census for Skegness, we [...]