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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Rothwell

Census

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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 Magdalen.
  
  
• Major parts of the church date from the Norman period.
  
  
• The church was repaired and enlarged in 1849.
  
  
• The church seats 140.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Mary Magdalen Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here are two photographs of St. Mary Magdalen Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1562.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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 small village and its parish sit about 2.5 miles south-east of Caistor and 9 miles north of Market Rasen. The parish covers just over 2,870 acres and is primarily good agricultural land.

If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 1599.
  
  
• 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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Politics and Governance

• This place ws an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	138
1811	163
1831	231
1841	290
1871	224
1881	260
1891	210
1901	227
1911	188

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Schools

• A school was built here in 1856 and enlarged in 1895 to hold 90 children.
  
  
• A School Board of 5 members was formed in the parish in December, 1874.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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