Editing Mablethorpe (section)

==History==
===Roman Empire===
A hoard of [[Roman Empire|Roman]] treasure was found in Mablethorpe in the 1980s, as were a Roman brooch and pottery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HeritageGateway - Home * |url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/gateway/default.aspx |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.heritagegateway.org.uk}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231013120602/https://www.digital-documents.co.uk/cgi-bin/web-archi.pl?ARCHIFormNGRLetter=TF&ARCHIFormNGR_x=50&ARCHIFormNGR_y=85&password=freesearch@freesearch.com&TownName=MABLETHORPE&county=Lincolnshire&distance=10000&period=&font_size=&placename=Mablethorpe&info2search4=archi_town_search&keywords=Archi UK.]</ref>

===Mablethorpe Hall===
Mablethorpe has existed as a town for many centuries, gaining its market town charter in 1253. [[Coastal erosion]] means some of it was lost to the sea in the 1540s. Records of the Fitzwilliam family of Mablethorpe Hall date back to the 14th century. In the 19th century, it was a centre for [[ship breaking]] in the winter. Mablethorpe Hall is to the west of the town along Alford Road near the [[St Mary's Church, Mablethorpe|Church of St Mary]].<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/771806 St Mary's church] geograph.org.uk</ref> The Mablethorpe church parish includes [[Trusthorpe]].

===Town lifeboats===
{{main|Mablethorpe Lifeboat Station}}
Mablethorpe's first [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]]station was built in 1883. It was closed temporarily in 1917 due to crew shortages in the [[First World War]] but the closure was made permanent in 1920. It reopened as an inshore lifeboat station in 1965. It operates two lifeboats, an {{Lbb|Atlantic 85}} and a smaller  [[D-class lifeboat (IB1)|D-class]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Mablethorpe station history | website = RNLI | url = https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/mablethorpe-lifeboat-station/station-history-mablethorpe | access-date = 18 February 2024}}</ref>

===East Coast floods===
In 1953, Mablethorpe was hit by the disastrous [[North Sea flood of 1953|East Coast floods]]. The seawall was breached on 31 January. A granite rock memorial was unveiled on the coast on 31 January 2013 on the 60th anniversary of the disaster, in memory of the town's 42 victims.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-20995461 BBC News. Retrieved 16 June 2019.]</ref><ref>[https://www.mablethorpe.info/news/memorial-for-1953-flood-victims Mablethorpe info. Retrieved 16 June 2019.]</ref>

===In literature===
[[Image:Alfred Tennyson..jpg|thumb|220px|right|One of Britain's most renowned historical poets, [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]], once frequented Mablethorpe. It is said that he used to shout his poetry aloud towards the sea.]]

Mablethorpe is the destination for the fictional Morel family's first holiday in the still popular [[D. H. Lawrence]] novel, ''[[Sons and Lovers]]'', published in 1913: "At last they got an answer from Mablethorpe, a cottage such as they wished for thirty shillings a week. There was immense jubilation. Paul was wild with joy for his mother's sake. She would have a real holiday now. He and she sat at evening picturing what it would be like. Annie came in, and Leonard, and Alice, and Kitty. There was wild rejoicing and anticipation. Paul told Miriam. She seemed to brood with joy over it. But the Morels' house rang with excitement."

Mablethorpe is the seaside setting for the [[Ted Lewis (writer)|Ted Lewis]] crime novel ''GBH'', published in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/05/07/404415996/gangsters-goons-and-grievious-bodily-harm-in-ted-lewis-london |title=Gangsters, Goons And 'Grievous Bodily Harm' In Ted Lewis' London |author=Powers, John |date=7 May 2015 |website=NPR.org |access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> The novel was his last and has been described as a "lost masterwork".<ref>[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/243527/gbh-by-ted-lewis/ About ''GBH''], [[Penguin Random House]]. Retrieved 28 June 2020.</ref>