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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Butterwick

Note: The are an East Butterwick and a West Butterwick in Lincolnshire, also. The first is a township in Messingham parish, the second is a township in Owston parish, just south of Scunthorpe.

Census

• The parish was the heart of the Benington sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
  
  
• We have a handful of 1901 census surnames in a text file. Your additions are welcome.
  
  
• 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. Andrew.
  
  
• Parts of the church are considered quite ancient, but it has been remodeled and rebuilt several times.
  
  
• The church seats about 220.
  
  
• Here are two photographs of St. Andrew's church. Both were taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1697.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several indexes for the Holland East Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyans had a small chapel here. For information and assistance in researching this chapel, 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 Benington sub-district of the Boston 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

Butterwick is both a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, 4 miles east by north of Boston. It covers about 1,400 acres of low, well-drained Fenland.

If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A52 north and east out of Boston. It passes Butterwick after only about a mile.
  
  
• See our Touring page for additional resources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3844.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #261 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 Skirbeck Wapentake in the Borough of Boston in the parts of Holland.
  
  
• For the today's governance, visit the local Boston Borough Council site.
  
  
• In 1880, a detached portion of this parish, with 95 inhabitants, was transfered to Leake.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The following individuals left the income from land for the poor of the parish: Edmund DOCKING, Peter PISHEY (in 1669), William PISHEY, Peter DOCKING, Simon CLARK (in 1603), Alexander HOLLAND (in 1694), Robert FARROW (in 1612), John HARLAND (in 1685), William SWIFT (in 1669), Simon GUY (in 1656) and John PINCHBECK. Most of the charity lands were exchanged over time for larger plots, particularly when the Fens were drained and open fields enclosed.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment, this parish became part of the Boston Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Free School was founded here in 1665 by Anthony PINCHBECK, who endowed it with land in Freiston, Leverton, Friskney, Fishtoft and Butterwick parishes (about 122 acres in all). Students were allowed from surrounding parishes.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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