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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

North Cockerington

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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary.
  
  
• The church was recorded as having been "in decay" in 1871 and that all traces of it had disappeared. Church members attended church in Alvingham.
  
  
• The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in March, 1981.
  
  
• A photograph of St. Mary's church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Mary's taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1646.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists, the Free Methodists and the Primitive Methodists all had a chapel here by 1881. 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 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 and Travel

North Cockerington is a parish and a village about 4 miles northeast of Louth in the Wold Hills. The parish covers just about 1,750 acres. The parish is bounded on the north by the Ludd River and the Louth Navigation Canal.

The village is Cockerington St. Mary. Cockerington St. Leonard is in South Cockerington parish. If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3790.
  
  
• For a modern map of the area, try: Multimaps.
  
  
• 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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Names, Geographical

• The parish is often listed in old records as "Cockerington St. Mary".
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In 1670, Sir Jarvis SCROPE founded six tenements for the residence of poor people of the two Cockerington villages.
  
  
• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1840 as a Diocesan School serving Alvingham and both Cockeringtons.
  
  
• The North Cockerington Church of England school is constructing a website.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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