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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Dorrington

Census

• The parish was in the Sleaford 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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saints James and John and was built on a hill overlooking the village.
  
  
• The east wall of the church was rebuilt in 1330.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1867.
  
  
• The church seats 200.
  
  
• The village had a small chapel of ease, but this was taken down in 1698. This chapel was appropriated to Shelford Priory in Nottinghamshire.
  
  
• A photograph of Saints James and John Church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saints James and John Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1653.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1654 to 1812 and Marriages from 1654 to 1812.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lafford Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here, built in 1832, then replaced in 1881. There was also a Wesleyan Reform chapel. 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 Sleaford sub-district of the Sleaford 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 and parish are 5 miles north of Sleaford, on the B1188 trunk road. Digby parish lies to the north. The parish covers over 1,900 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Land and Property

• In 1841, the Earl of Harrowby was lord of the manor and owner of most of the land in the parish.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 0752.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The parish name is often found as "Dirrington".
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Flaxwell Wapentake in the North Kesteven division of the county, in the parts of Kesteven.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The common lands were enclosed here in 1789 (one source gives 1878).
  
  
• The poor of the parish had an allotment of 13 acres.
  
  
• Mrs. FARMER and Mrs. KAYE each left £100, the interest to be given to the poor.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Sleaford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The Wesleyan Methodists had a school here prior to 1842.
  
  
• The parish had a National School here prior to 1900 that could hold 85 students.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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