Gayton le Wold
- The parish was in the Binbrook 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. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2112 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2384 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3406 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2609 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The church was rebuilt of brick in 1775.
- The church was restored in 1888.
- The church is a Grade II listed buidling with British Heritage.
- The church seats only about 60 people.
- Grimblethorpe was an extra-parochial patch of 632 acres of land. It became a civil parish in 1857, but remained an extra-parochial ecclesiastical parish. The residents of this land attended church in Gayton le Wold.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2010.
- Here is a photo of Saint Peter's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The parish register dates from 1777.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- The United Methodists (later Free Methodists) built a chapel here in 1854. The Wesleyan Methodists built one in 1869. 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 Binbrook sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Gayton le Wold is a parish on the River Bain, situate between Louth and Burgh on Bain, 6 miles west of Louth and 3 miles north of Donington on Bain. The parish is in the Wold Hills and covers about 1,160 acres.
Gayton le Wold, as a village, is too small to appear on most small scale (large area) maps. If you are planning a visit:
- By car, take the A157 north-east out of Wragby toward Louth. Just east of Burgh on Bain, turn south. About a mile south of Burgh on Bain and you are in Gayton le Wold parish.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- Grimblethorpe Hall is about 3 miles SE of Ludford and about 6 miles west of Louth. The hall bears the arms of the MADDISON family.
- The Hall is a Grade II listed buidling with British Heritage.
- There is a Gayton Manor mentioned in Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire, but not described. It is the residence of Robert R. KIRKHAM at that time.
- The Manor House is a Grade II listed buidling with British Heritage.
- The national grid reference is TF 2385.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #282 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 Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In April, 1936, this parish was enlarged by 861 acres gained when Biscathorpe Civil Parish was abolished.
- That same month, this parish was enlarged by 632 acres gained when Grimblethorpe Civil Parish was abolished.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth petty session hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
67 |
| 1831 |
127 |
| 1841 |
125 |
| 1871 |
115 |
| 1881 |
151 |
| 1891 |
118 |
| 1901 |
101 |
| 1911 |
120 |
- The children of this parish attended school in Burgh-on-Bain.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 17-December-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
