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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Frithville

Census

• The parish was in the Sibsey sub-district of the Boston 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 St. Peter.
  
  
• It was built in 1821 in the village of Mount Pleasant and seats about 200. The parish register, naturally, dates from 1821.
  
  
• In 1821, parts of Frithville, Sibsey and Westville civil parishes were formed into an ecclesiastical parish.
  
  
• A small mission church was built at Fishtoft Drove some time before 1910.
  
  
• A Church Sunday School and reading room was erected in 1908.
  
  
• Here is a photo of the church, taken by (and copyright of) Norma Clare.
  
  

• Here is a photo of St. Peter's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1821.
  
  
• We have the beginning of a Parish Register Extract as a text file for your use. Your additions and corrections would be appreciated.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several indexes for the Holland East Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built in 1900 to replace an older, smaller chapel. For more on researching these chapel records, 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 Sibsey sub-district of the Boston 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

Frithville is both a parish and a village which lie in the Fens about 5 miles north of Boston. The parish covers about 4,200 acres and includes the former parish (or extra-parocial land) of Westville, which is 7 miles north of Boston. It also includes the village of Mount Pleasant.

Frith Bank is a hamlet in nearby Sibsey parish.

If you are planning a visit:

• To get to Frithville village, take the B1183 trunk road north out of Boston. Where it crosses the B1184, there is Frithville!
  
  
• See our Touring page for additional resources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3150.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #261 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military Records

John Emerson, who retains the copyright, provides these photographs of the war memorial at Frithville:

From the War Memorial, by John Emerson (Alphabetized by surname with additional notations):

To the glory of God and in loving memory of those who gave their lives in the Great European War 1914 -- 1918.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Notes:

1. Not found in Comw. War Grave Com. database.
2. Not enough info. to fully research. (Too many matches.)
3. Awarded the Military Medal.
4. Awarded the D. C. M.

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Names, Geographical

• The name derives from the Old English Fyrhth, meaning "sparse woodland", with the French "ville" added at a later date. It appears in 1331 as Le Frith.
  A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
  
  
• The village and parish are sometimes called Boston East.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was formed from several other parishes in the reign of George III.
  
  
• The parish became a township in 1812.
  
  
• The parish became a Civil Parish in December, 1866.
  
  
• The parish was listed in many records as "Boston East".
  
  
• The parish was in the West division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  
• Parish boundaries were "adjusted" in December, 1880.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The parish hosted a Sick and Dividend Club in the early 1900's.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became a part of the Boston Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1831	261
1841	333
1851	367
1871	687
1881	656
1891	648
1901	615
1911	647

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Schools

• This parish was included in the West Fen United School District, formed on 10 January, 1879. The children attended a council school in Frithville, erected in 1880 and enlarged in 1912.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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