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Farforth

Cemeteries

  • St Peter, Farforth cum Maidenwell, Church of England

Census

  • The parish was in the Louth 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:
Census
Year		 Piece No.
1841 H.O. 107 / 633
1851 H.O. 107 / 2111
1861 R.G. 9 / 2381
1871 R.G. 10 / 3404
1891 R.G. 12 / 2608
1901 R.G. 13 / 3084

Churches

  • St Peter, Farforth cum Maidenwell, Church of England

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Farforth area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify other churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.

Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
  • The church was rebuilt in 1861 of sandstone. The church was renovated in 1904.
  • The church seats 80.
  • The church is a Grade II structure with English Heritage.
  • There is a photograph of St. Peter's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON web site under "Yet More Lincolnshire".
  • Here is a photo of St. Peter's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

St. Peter's Church

Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1784.
  • The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  • Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
  • Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

Description and Travel

Farforth is both a village and a parish 6 miles south of Louth. The parish covers almost 2,000 acres and includes the hamlet of Maidenwell.

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Historical Geography

You can see the administrative areas in which Farforth has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

Ask for a calculation of the distance from Farforth to another place.

Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF310780 (Lat/Lon: 53.282777, -0.036505), Farforth which are provided by:

Politics and Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire, but only became a modern Civil Parish in 1936.
  • The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  • This parish was incorporated as a modern Civil Parish under the name "Maidenwell Civil Parish" in 1936.
  • This citizens of this parish have elected to forgo a formal Parish Council, but do hold periodic Parish Meetings to dicuss civic and political issues.
  • For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.

Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth petty session hearings in the Louth Courthouse every other Wednesday.
  • In 1719 Mr. Charles HUMPHREY left the interest of £15 for the poor.
  • After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.

Population

Year Inhabitants
1801 52
1831 91
1841 92
1871 109
1881 143
1891 134
1901 134
1911 107

Schools

  • A School Board was formed in 1885 for the united parishes of Farforth, Oxcombe and Ruckland.
  • A Public Elementary School was built here in 1887 for up to 42 children.
  • For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.