Dogdyke
NOTE: "Dogdyke" is NOT an ancient parish of Lincolnshire. For centuries it was a township in Billinghay parish.
- The parish was in the Swineshead sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- In 1894, the parish was re-assigned to the Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 615 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2340 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3346 |
- The inhabitants attended the Anglican parish church in Chapel Hill.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lafford Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Swineshead sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- In 1894, the parish was re-assigned to the Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are 118 miles north of London, 10.5 miles northwest of Boston, and about a mile south of Coningsby. The parish covers about 730 acres.
The village is just east of the River Witham. Tattershall Bridge is a hamlet in this parish. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A153 arterial road southwest out of Coningsby toward Sleaford. Turn left (east) after about one and a half miles toward Tattershall Bridge and Dogdyke.
- See our touring page for more sources.
- The land here used to be low marsh or fenland. In 1841 a steam engine of 35 horse-power was installed to drain the water into the river, rendering the land useful for crops and grazing.
- The parish had a station on the Boston and Lincoln branch of the Great Northern railway. The station was on the east bank of the Witham, in Coningsby parish.
- In 1900, the principal landowners were the trustees of the late James MAYFIELD, John James WHEAT and Godfrey Charles WHEAT.
- In 1912, George KEEBLE of Peterborough was the principal landowner.
- The national grid reference is TF 2055.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey "Explorer 272" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our "Maps" page for additional resources.
The men and women who served in WWI and WWII are listed on the Billinghay War Memorial plaques in that church. See the Roll of Honour site.
- This place was an ancient Township in Lincolnshire that became a Civil Parish shortly after 1866.
- The parish was in the ancient Langoe Wapentake in the North Kesteven division of the county, in the parts of Kesteven.
- In December, 1880, a detached part of the parish was transferred to Amber Hill parish.
- In March, 1884, the parish was reduced to enlarge Coningsby Civil Parish. In the same deal, Dogdyke Civil Parish received some land from Coningsby Civil Parish.
- In April, 1931, the parish was reduced by 8 acres to enlarge South Kyme Civil Parish.
- Four years later, in April, 1935, the parish was enlarged by 8 acres by gaining part of Harts Ground Civil Parish.
- For today's district governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
239 |
| 1881 |
200 |
| 1891 |
192 |
| 1901 |
180 |
| 1911 |
174 |
| 1921 |
168 |
| 1931 |
162 |
| 1951 |
247 |
- A Board School was built at Tattershall Bridge in 1881 to hold up to 120 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 19-April-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
