Mablethorpe is listed within the Doomsday Book with a population of just 40 people.
Lincolnshire was Royalist during the Civil War with a garrison housed at
Mablethorpe Hall. This changed hands in 1643 following the victory of the
Roundheads at the battle of Winceby.
The main attraction to Mablethorpe was long beaches and the huge, wide
and high sand hills, reinforced in the 17th century by Dutch Engineers,
on earlier sea defences.
From 1813 Mablethorpe was regularly patronised by Alfred Tennyson and
family.
These costal areas were very isolated and goods, both legal and smuggled
were brought in by sea, using the crossing points over the sea defences
called Pullovers.
Sutton-on-Sea was considered a better class of resort in the Victorian Period.
The modern Tourist industry was truly born with the arrival of the railway
into nearby Louth and Alford in 1848.
Mablethorpe opened its own
station in 1877.
A few of the local events planned for 2008....
July 20th Mablethorpe Illuminations
July 27th Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe Carnival
August 1st - 3rd Mablethorpe Beach Mission
September 14th Mablethorpe marathon
September 20th - 21st Bathing Beauties Beach
Hut Festival
November 24th - 30th Wild Coast Festival
October to February Mablethorpe Motorcycle Sandracing Season.