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Evedon

Cemeteries

Anglican
St Mary, Evedon, Church of England

Census

The parish was in the Heckington sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
In 1891, after a district re-organization, this parish became part of 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:

Census Year	Piece No.
1841	H.O. 107 / 618
1861	R.G. 9 / 2345
1871	R.G. 10 / 3352
1891	R.G. 12 / 2579

Churches

Anglican
St Mary, Evedon, Church of England

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Church History

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
The church was reduced in size in 1809 by taking down the north aisle.
The church was restored in 1898.
The church seats about 70 people.
The church is kept locked, except for services.
Here is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):

Church Records

The Anglican parish register dates from 1562.
The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1729 to 1812 and Marriages from 1729 to 1812.
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.

Civil Registration

The parish was in the Heckington sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
In 1891, after a district re-organization, this parish became part of the Sleaford sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.

Description and Travel

Evedon is both a village and a parish, just 2 miles east of Sleaford. Kirkby la Thorpe parish is just to the south. The parish is on a rise above the River Slea and covers just over 1,300 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

By automobile, take the A17 trunk road east out of Sleaford and turn north at Kirkby la Thorpe.
See our touring page for more sources.

You can see pictures of Evedon which are provided by:

See our "Maps" page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF090470 (Lat/Lon: 53.009224, -0.376901), Evedon which are provided by:

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Politics and Government

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 Aswardhurn Wapentake in the North Kesteven division in the parts of Kesteven.
The parish was moved to the Flaxwell Wapentake in the North Kesteven district around 1835.
In April, 1931, this Civil Parish was abolished and amalgamated into the new Ewerby and Evedon Civil Parish.
For today's district governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.

Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

Bastardy cases would be heard in the Sleaford petty session hearings.
After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Sleaford Poor Law Union.

Population

Year Inhabitants
1801 86
1841 91
1871 71
1881 73
1891 90
1901 80
1911 78
1921 81

Year	Inhabitants
1801	86
1841	91
1871	71
1881	73
1891	90
1901	80
1911	78
1921	81

Schools

In 1840, the parish was entitled to send children to Sleaford Grammar School. Two children were allowed to go to Ewerby parish school.
Later, the children of this parish attended schools in Ewerby and Kirkby-la-Thorpe.
For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.