Harrington
- The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3393A |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary.
- The church is a building of Somersby sandstone and Ancaster stone. It replaced an earlier church built in the parish.
- The church was rebuilt in 1854-5.
- The church seats 120.
- There is a photograph of St. Mary's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
- Here is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The parish register dates from 1697.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the rural deanery of South Hill.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- A rather sad epitaph, marking the end of a family line, is in Harrington. It is to Thomas COPLEDIKE who died childless, in spite of two marriages, in 1658 aged 72.
"Of ancient stock here lies ye last and best
Who hath attained to his eternal rest.
This monument bespeakes not him alone
It saith the familie with him is gone.
But heaven receiveth saints. They'r happy then
Which live as saints, although they die like men."
- The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Harrington is both a village and a parish. It is located 6 miles west of Alford and 8 miles eastnortheast of Horncastle. The parish covers about 1,065 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Harrington Hall was built by a member of the COPPLEDIKE family in the reign of Henry VII or Henry VIII. The date of 1681 appears on the weather vane.
- The national grid reference is TF 3671.
- 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.
- The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (or Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey division of the county.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
59 |
| 1831 |
70 |
| 1871 |
133 |
| 1891 |
101 |
| 1911 |
94 |
- The children of this parish attend school at Brinkhill parish.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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[Last updated: 13-April-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
