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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Baumber

Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Swithin.
  
  
• The church tower appears to be of early Norman origin.
  
  
• The church seats about 200.
  
  
• Here is a photograph St. Swithin's Church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1691.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel here, built in 1844. 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 Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Baumber is a village and parish which sits on a ridge above the valley of the Bain River on the old Wragby road about 3.5 miles northwest of Horncastle. The parish covers about 3,000 acres and includes the hamlet of Little Sturton.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A158 trunk road northwest out of Horncastle for about 3.5 miles.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Manors

• Stourton Hall was built in 1810.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 2274.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• For governance, the parish was in the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• 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 Horncastle Poor Law Union on 16th January 1837.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1876 and enlarged in 1893 for up to 92 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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