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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Brigsley

Cemeteries

• Brian Chester has provided a Monument Inscription lookup feature at his website for St. Helen Church.(JB)
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• In 1890, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Helen.
  
  
• The church is built primarily of chalk stone.
  
  
• The church seats 105.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Helen's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here are two photos of St. Helen's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• Anglican parish registers date from 1561.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The parish had two small Methodist chapels by 1900. To research these chapels, check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• In an 1890 district re-organization, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby 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

This village and parish are just south of Grimsby. Waltham parish is to the north and Ashby cum Fenby to the south. The parish covers only 860 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B1203 arterial road south out of Grimsby and through Waltham.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 2501.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our "Maps" page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• The parish was part of the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  
• In an 1890 district re-organization, this parish was transferred to the new Grimsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

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

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