Carrington
- The parish was in the Sibsey sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2334 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3339 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2572 |
- Carrington was formed as an ecclesiastical parish with Frithville in 1886.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Paul.
- The chapel and cemetery were consecrated in 1816 under the "Fen Chapel Act".
- St. Paul's was built in 1816 of brick in the late Perpendicular style.
- St. Paul's Church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- The church seats just over 200.
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by (and copyright of) Norma Clare.
- Here are two photographs of the church, supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright). The second gives a detail of the roof:
- The parish register dates from 1818, when the church was dedicated, and it includes entries for Westville hamlet.
- The Family History Library in Utah has on microfilm the register marriages for 1837-1960 and Bishop's transcripts for baptisms, marriages and burials for 1818-1859.
- As of 4th Nov 2004, the parish register above had not been deposited with the Lincolnshire Archives.
- The LFHS has published several indexes for the Holland East Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Sibsey sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish sit in the Fenland, just 7 miles north of Boston and east of Coningsby. The parish covers about 3,575 acres and includes the village of New Bolingbroke and the hamlet of Medlam.
If you are planning a visit:
- Take the B1183 trunk road north out of Boston. Carrington village is about a mile beyond Frithville.
- See our Touring page for additional resources.
- The national grid reference is TF 3154.
- 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.
- The village was created as a township in 1812 after drainage of the West Fen in 1802.
- The area around the village became a Civil Parish in 1858.
- The parish was in the East division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Parish boundaries were changed on 24 December, 1880, when Miningsby Fen Allotment, Asgarby Fen Allotment, a detached part of Revesby, a detached part of Bosten Fen Allotment and a detached part of Bolingbroke parish were transferred to Carrington parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1821 |
139 |
| 1831 |
140 |
| 1841 |
229 |
| 1871 |
938 |
| 1881 |
763 |
| 1891 |
605 |
| 1911 |
509 |
- The parish joined the West Fen United School district when it was formed in January of 1879. The district included Frithville parish and Westville hamlet.
- The above district board built Medlam School (properly known as Carrington ounty Primary School) in 1880 to hold 170 children. 1900 attendance was only 90. This school closed in 1987.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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[Last updated: 1-December-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
