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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Aswardby

Note: This is NOT Aswarby parish. Note the missing "D" in that parish name.

Census

• The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Helen.
  
  
  
• The church is built of stone and brick.
  
  
  
• The church was repaired in 1884 and seats just 50.
  
  
  
• Here is a photograph St. Helen's Church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1754.
  
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1760 to 1811 and Marriages from 1754 to 1812.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here prior to 1871. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Aswardby is both a village and a parish, about 4 miles northwest of Spilsby. Sausthorpe parish is to the south. The parish only covers about 744 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3770.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our "Maps" page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• For governance, the parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake in the East Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire puts the parish in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school at Sausthorpe.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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