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Mareham on the Hill

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Census

  • The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle 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 / 640
1861R.G. 9 / 2369
1871R.G. 10 / 3383
1891R.G. 12 / 2599
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  • The church was built from local green sandstone.
  • The church was restored in 1804.
  • Circa 1806, a leather purse was found concealed in the wall, containing coins from the reigns of Edward IV and Henry the VII.
  • The church seats 60.
  • Richard CROFT has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2005.
  • Here is a photograph of All Saints Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

 

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Church Records

  • The parish register reportedly dates from 1572, but the Bishop's transcripts go back to 1561.
  • The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  • The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel here built in 1853 to replace an earlier, smaller chapel.
  • David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of the Former Wesleyan Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2007.
  • 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 Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
  • Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
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Description & Travel

Mareham on the Hill is both a parish and a small village in the Wold hills, about 2.5 miles south-east of Horncastle and about 8 miles due east of Spilsby. High Toynton parish lies to the north, Scrivelsby parish to the south-west and Hammeringham parish to the south-east. The parish covered about 1,425 acres in 1842, but only 1,380 by 1872 due to the loss of a Fen allotment

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

You can see pictures of Mareham on the Hill which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Land & Property

  • In 1842, the principal landowners were Christopher TURNER, the Rev. Richard WARD, the Hon. H. DYMOKE, Mrs. PARKINSON and several owners of small holdings.
  • In 1872, the principal landowners were Christopher TURNER, Richard WARD, the Rev. Dr. PARKINSON and several owners of small holdings. The same is true in 1882.
  • In 1900, the principal landowners were Edmund TURNER and Richard WARD.
  • In 1913, the principal landowners were Christopher Hatton TURNER, Richard WARD and Francis NUNDY.
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF287678 (Lat/Lon: 53.191723, -0.075132), Mareham on the Hill which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

  • The name derives from the Old English mere+inga+ham, meaning "settlement of dwellers by the pools". It appears as Meringhe in the 1086 Domesday Book and Marum around 1200.
    [A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
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Names, Personal

  • White's 1842 Directory lists the following people in the parish: James ALLBONES, Henry ASTROP, Peter COLTON, Edward FROST, Zach. GOE, Samuel GOE, William MUMBY, William SCOTT, Samuel SORFLEET and Richard WINGATE.
  • White's 1872 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: AISTROP, BAGGALEY, BELL, COLTON, HUGHES, HURDMAN, NUNBY, SHAW, SORFLEET, STAMPER, SURR and WINGATE.
  • White's 1882 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: COLTON, ENGLISH, HOULT, HUGHES, HURDMAN, MARSHALL, NUNDY, SHAW, SMITH, SMITHSON, SORFLEET, STAMPER, SURR, TODD and WINGATE.
  • Kelly's 1900 Directory lists the following people in the parish: William COLTON, Henry HOULT, Joseph HURDMAN, James and Emanuel MARSHALL, William NUNDY, Miss Sarah Jane SMITHSON, Edward SORFLEET, Henry TODD and Brown WINGATE.
  • Kelly's 1913 Directory lists the following people in the parish: George & Harry HOULT, George & Harry HURDMAN, James MARSHALL, Francis NUNDY, Frederick PAUL, Miss Sarah J. SMITHSON, Tom THACKER, George TODD and Henry and Lowther WINGATE.
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  • The parish was in the ancient Horncastle Soke in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  • For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

YearInhabitants
1801110
1811122
1821133
1831193
1841171
1851181
1871218
1881155
1891126
1911144
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Schools

  • A National School was built here in 1874. Average attendance in 1900 was 30.
  • For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.