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Hallington

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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Lawrence.
  
  
• By 1910 no trace of the church remained.
  
  
• The Anglican church burial ground remained in use until after 1911.
  
  

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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 and 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.

• There isn't much to see in Hallington village. John BEAL provides a photograph of the crossroads on Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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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 rarilway station on Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3085.
  
  
• An Ordnance Survey Explorer map will show detail of 2.5 inches to 1 mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• 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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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth Petty Sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	55
1811	69
1821	75
1831	67
1841	78
1871	101
1881	112
1891	115
1901	84
1911	85

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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.
  
  

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