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Cuxwold (Cokeswold)

Census

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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 Saint Nicholas.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1860.
  
  
• The church is a small building, covered in ivy.
  
  
• The church seats 86 persons.
  
  
• A photograph of the Anglican parish church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Nicholas Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2006.
  
  
• John FIRTH has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2010.
  
  
• Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright). followed by another photograph of the church interior (also by Ron COLE):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1683.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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 small village and parish lies about 10 miles southwest from Grimsby and just over 4 miles east of Caistor in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The parish covers about 1,700 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A46 trunk road west out of Grimsby and turn south at Swallow.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Manors

• Cuxwold Hall was erected in 1861 in the Tudor style.
  
  
• In 1919, Cuxwold Hall was the residence of John Ernest SOWERBY.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 1701.
  
  
• 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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Military History

• Cuxwold had a Royal Flying Corps emergency landing field in World War I.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1936, the Civil Parish was abolished and all 1,590 acres were amalgamated into Swallow Civil Parish.
  
  
• Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Caistor petty sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A small parochial school was built here in 1862 for 41 children, but abandoned by 1910.
  
  
• The children of this parish attended school in Rothwell parish.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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