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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Haugh

Census

• The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Leonard.
  
  
• Portions of the church building date back to around 1400.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1873.
  
  
• This small church only seats about 33.
  
  
• Here is a photograph of Saint Leonard's Church and the village supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  
  

• Here is a close-up view of the church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1762.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Bolingbroke 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 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.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Haugh is both a parish and a small village on the edge of the Wold hills, about 3 miles west of Alford. South Thoresby parish lies to the north and South Ormsby parish lies to the west. The parish covered about 1,370 acres in the early 1800's, but was reduced to less than 600 acres by 1900.

The village is small. If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Manors

• There was once a manor house here, seat of the HAUGH family, then later the BOLLE family. A portion of the house was in use as a farmhouse in 1900.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4175.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the Marsh division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• White's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, peraps erroneously, in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Act of 1834, this parish was part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

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

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