Gayton le Marsh
- The parish was in the Withern 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. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2379 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3398 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2606 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint George.
- The church was restored in 1847.
- The church seats about 200.
- The church was demolished in 1971.
- The Anglican church register dates from 1687.
- In 1778, the following church seat assignments were recorded in the parish register: Seats alloted (sic) in the Parish Church of Gayton on April 23 rd 1778. No 1 to Wm STANNILAND, 2 to Wm COOKE, 3 to Thos WILSON, 4 to Thos GLENTWORTH, 5 to John LEARY, 6 to John TYSON, 7 to Robt BRIAN, 8 to John KITCHING & his Cottager, 9 to Joseph WOODROOFFE, 10 to John ELVIN & his Cottager, 11 to Richard MAIDENS, 12 & 13 to Charles GOODHAND, 14 to Wm HOLLAND, 15 to Wm TAYLOR, (no 16) 17 The Minister's reading-Desk, 18 to Henry JAQUES, 19 to Thos PARISH, 20 to John HALGARTH & his Cottager, 21 to Robt HARRISTON, 22 to Widows WADSLEY & WILKINSON, 23 to Widows FROW & BRODWELL, 24 to Samuel MERRIKIN & his Cottager, 25 to John WILSON, 26 to the remaining Cottagers...by Steph FYTCHE Rector, Willm TAYLOR Churchwarden.
- We have the beginning of a pop-up text file of "Parish Register extracts for your review. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1894 to replace an earlier one built in 1837. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish lies 138 miles north of London, 8 miles eastsoutheast of Louth and 6 miles north of Alford. The village is about 138 miles north of London. The Great Eau River forms part of the parish boundary on the east. Withern parish is to the south. The parish covers about 2,280 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the village lies just off the A157 which travels between Louth and Mablethorpe.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- A steam engine was installed here in 1874 to help drain the parish lands. The red brick pumping station is now a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- The national grid reference is TF 4284.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the Marsh division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- The parish is small enough that it has no formal Parish Council. The citizens do hold a Parish Meeting from time to time to deal with social and political issues.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
238 |
| 1811 |
229 |
| 1831 |
306 |
| 1841 |
312 |
| 1871 |
317 |
| 1881 |
248 |
| 1891 |
251 |
| 1901 |
209 |
| 1911 |
224 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1837 to hold about 60 students.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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[Last updated: 27-August-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
