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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Little Cawthorpe

Census

• The civil 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 is dedicated to St. Helen.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1861 of brick and stone.
  
  
• It is a small church, seating only about 60.
  
  
• The church was declared redundant in April, 1996, by the Diocese of Lincoln.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Helen's, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1679.
  
  
• We have the very beginning of a Parish Register Extract in a text file. It could benefit from your additions and any corrections.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here in 1848. The Free Methodists built a chapel here in 1872. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, 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 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

This village and parish are just 3 miles south-east of Louth, on the eastern side of the Wolds. Legbourne parish sits to the nort-heast and Haugham parish to the south-west. The parish covers about 460 acres and contains several natural springs.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A157 trunk road south-east out of Louth for about two miles. The village is just south of the roadway.
  
  
• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Manors

• The Manor House was once the seat of the MOTTRAM family. It was erected in 1673.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3585.
  
  
• 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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Names, Geographical

• Cawthorpe was formerly called Calthorpe or Calkthorpe.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in the county of Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Some directories of the 1900s place the parish was in the ancient Louthesk Hundred.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The parish had the interest from £10, on deposit in a Louth savings bank, for distribution to the poor.
  
  
• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	98
1831	137
1841	196
1871	204
1881	167
1891	146
1901	140
1911	141
1921	131
1931	111

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Legbourne parish.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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