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Reepham

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Cemeteries

  • The Reepham Cemetery is located on Hawthorn Road.
  • J. THOMAS has a photograph of Reepham Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
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Census

  • The parish was in the Home sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
  • We have a text file which is a partial 1891 census extract for the parish.
  • 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 / 642
1861R.G. 9 / 2357
1871R.G. 10 / 3369
1891R.G. 12 / 2589
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.
  • The church was restored in 1862.
  • The church seats 230 people.
  • Here is a photo of Saints Peter and Paul Church, taken by (and copyright of) Wendy PARKINSON.

 

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  • Here is a photo of St. Peter and St. Paul Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

 

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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1653.
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1653 to 1814 and Marriages from 1755 to 1812.
  • The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lawres Deanery to make your search easier.
  • There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built here prior to 1900. 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 Home sub-district of the Lincoln 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

This village and parish is 4.5 miles eastnortheast of Lincoln parish and city and north of Fiskerton and Cherry Willingham parishes. The parish covers about 1,800 acres.

The village of Reepham is about a mile south of the Roman Road which is now the A158 trunk road. The old railway still runs through the village. If you are planning a visit:

  • Check for bus service from the Linconshire Road Car Company of Lincoln.
  • See our touring page for visitor services.
You can see pictures of Reepham 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 TF036735 (Lat/Lon: 53.248416, -0.448799), Reepham which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient Chapelry in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish around 1830.
  • The parish was in the ancient Lawress Wapentake in the West Lindsey (or Gainsborough) district and parts of Lindsey.
  • In April, 1935, the parish was enlarged by 5 acres by gaining part of Nettleham parish.
  • Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lincoln South petty session hearings.
  • In 1880, Ann CROSBY left the interest from £100 for the poor of the parish. The interest was distributed each December 15th.
  • As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
  • Unfortunately, no poorlaw records for Reepham have been archived.
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Population

YearInhabitants
1801183
1811196
1831295
1841341
1871377
1891396
1901387
1911370
1921332
1931394
1971990
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Schools

  • There was a National School built before 1900, which could hold up to 80 children. Average attendance in 1900 was 55.
  • For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.