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Little Carlton

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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Louth will prove useful in your research.

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Cemeteries

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Census

  • The parish was in the Saltfleet 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 / 630
1851H.O. 107 / 2112
1861R.G. 9 / 2385
1871R.G. 10 / 3407
1891R.G. 12 / 2610
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Edith.
     
  • The church was rebuilt in 1837.
     
  • The church seated 150
     
  • The last church service was held here in 1978.
     
  • The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in March, 1981. The building was demolished and the site added to the churchyard in December, 1987.
     
  • Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Site of St. Edith's chancel on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1726.
     
  • The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
     
  • The Free Methodists (later "United Methodists") built a chapel in the parish in 1854.
     
  • For information and assistance in researching this chapel, see our non-conformist religions page.
     
  • Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
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Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Saltfleet 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

Little Carlton is both a village and a parish which sits on the Eue River. Legbourne parish lies 3 miles to the west, Manby parish to the north and the town of Louth 5.5 miles to the west. The parish covers about 950 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

  • By automobile, take the B1200 arterial road between Louth and Saltfleetby and turn south through Manby to reach the village.
     
  • Watch for the Village Sign as photographed by John FIRTH, taken in July, 2010.
     
  • Visit our touring page for more sources.
You can see pictures of Little Carlton which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF400855 (Lat/Lon: 53.347836, 0.101109), Little Carlton which are provided by:

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Military History

  • John READMAN has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2005.
     
  • Adrian S. PYE also has a photograp of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2019.
     
  • Here is a photo of the Little Carlton War Memorial provided by Stuart HALES:
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  • Here is a photo of the War Memorial brass plaque in the church, provided by Stuart HALES:

 

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Stuart HALES also provides this biographic sketch of Joseph Wilson PARISH in a Portable Document File (Adobe Reader required).

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Military Records

All 18 names from the memorials are recorded at the Roll of Honour website.

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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 Marsh division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey division of the county in the parts of Lindsey.
     
  • In March, 1888, this parish was reduced in size to give the "Gillwoods" portion to North Reston Civil Parish.
     
  • For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • As a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
     
  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
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Population

YearInhabitants
180175
1811105
1831131
1841135
1871187
1881169
1891135
1901125
1911122
192199
1931106
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Schools