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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Castle Carlton

Census

• The parish was in the Saltfleet sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
  
  
• 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 the Holy Cross.
  
  
• Holy Cross Church was built on the site of an earlier structure.
  
  
• The church was entirely demolished in 1902.
  
  
• This tiny church only seated 40.
  
  
• The Diocese of Lincoln declared Holy Cross Church redundant in April, 1983. In 1982 the church was demolished and the site used to expand the churchyard.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1571.
  
  
• Holy Cross Church is in the Louthesk Deanery for which indexes exist from the Lincolnshire FHS.
  
  
• The Lincs Archives holds the following registers for Castle Carlton: Chr. 1571-1913; Mar. 1571-1876; Bur. 1571-1886,1940; BTs 1565-1812; 1817-1820.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Saltfleet sub-district of the Louth 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, township and parish are about 5 miles southeast of Louth. It covers only about 500 acres (note: boundaries have changed over time).

• By automobile, take the road from Louth to Alford (the B1373 secondary road). The parish is between Little Carlton and Great Carlton.
  
  
• There is not much of a village here. Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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History

• Tradition holds that this parish was the head of the barony of Sir Hugh BARDE (or BARDOLPH) in the reign of Herny I. Sir Hugh's castle is reputed to have stood on three artificial hills near the church.
  
  
• This was a small, crop-growing parish.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3983.
  
  
• For a modern map of the area, try: Multimaps.
  
  
• 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

• The parish was in the Marsh division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district and in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• "Castle Carlton" was abolished as a parish in 1936 and most of it was absorbed by nearby South Reston parish.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

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

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