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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Conisholme

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 was built of chalk-stone and dedicated to St. Peter.
  
  
• Portions of the church date to the 13th century.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1853 and a new bell-tower added.
  
  
• The church seats 80.
  
  
• Here is a photograph St. Peter's Church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish registry dates from 1559.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The United Methodists built a chapel here in 1849 and the Free Methodists built one in 1856. 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 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

Conisholme is both a village and a parish about 4 miles inland from the North Sea and 8 miles northwest of Louth. Grainthorpe parish is to the north. The parish covers 1,240 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4095.
  
  
• 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 Louth Eske Wapentake in the East 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.

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

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	115
1811	118
1831	170
1841	146
1871	171
1891	120
1901	115
1911	126

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here before 1911.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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