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Brinkhill

Census

• The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• We have an extract of a small portion of the 1901 surname index which you are welcome to review or add to.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Philip (or Phillip).
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1857 of green sandstone and brick.
  
  
• The church seats about 120.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Philip's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1562.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here and rebuilt it in 1873. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby 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

Brinkhill is both a village and a parish in a picturesque valley, roughly 5 miles west of Alford and 7 miles northwest of Spilsby. The parish covers only about 875 acres.

• For bus, coach or train service, see our Transport page.
  
  
• For information on visiting, see the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  

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Directories

• An extract from John Marius Wilson's 1871 Directory entry for to this parish.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3773.
  
  
• 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

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (or Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish is given in some 1900 directories as being in the South Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The poor of this parish have 7 acres of land provided by an unknown donor.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	94
1831	116
1871	155
1881	149
1891	148
1901	113
1911	118
1921	84
1931	90

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Schools

• A School was built here in 1851 and enlarged in 1861. It took students from Brinkhill, Harrington and Bag Enderby parishes.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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