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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Louth will prove useful in your research.

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Cemeteries

The churchyard remained oipen for burials after 1911.

Three isolated graves are all that remain of church and burial ground.

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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.
1841H.O. 107 / 636
1851H.O. 107 / 2111
1861R.G. 9 / 2381
1871R.G. 10 / 3404
1891R.G. 12 / 2608
1901R.G. 13 / 3084
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Lawrence.
     
  • By 1910 no trace of the church remained.
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register was included in Raithby's church register.
     
  • The inhabitants of this parish attended church in Raithby parish.
     
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
     
  • Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
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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.
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Description & Travel

Hallington is a village and a parish 2.5 miles south-west of Louth. Welton le Wold parish is to the north-west and Withcall parish to the south-west. The parish covers 1,510 acres.If you are planning a visit:

  • There isn't much to see in Hallington village. John BEAL provides a photograph of the crossroads on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007.
     
  • Passenger rail service came to the parish in 1876, but ceased operation in 1956.
     
  • Visit our touring page for more sources.
You can see pictures of Hallington which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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History

  • Hallington was a railway stop on the Louth and Lincoln branch of the Great Northern Railway.
     
  • Rail passenger service ceased around 1956 and the station was sold off. John BEAL provides a photograph of the railway station on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007.
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF303855 (Lat/Lon: 53.350244, -0.043344), Hallington which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

Hallington is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Halintun".

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Politics & Government

  • 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 reduced by 50 acres given to Louth Civil Parish.
     
  • For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

YearInhabitants
180155
181169
182175
183167
184178
1871101
1881112
1891115
190184
191185
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Schools

  • The children of this parish attended school in Withcall parish.
     
  • See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.