ALGARKIRK, a parish in the wapentake of KIRTON,
parts of HOLLAND, county of LINCOLN, 7 miles
(N. W. by N.) from Holbeach, containing 602 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy
of Fosdike, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £50. 18. 1., and in
the patronage of the-Trustees of the Rev. B. Beridge.
The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul: the
burial-ground contains a stone statue, said to be that
of Earl Algar, who, aided by his seneschals Wibert and
Leofric, obtained a victory over the Danes near this
place, in 870, but was defeated and slain the next day.