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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Sausthorpe

Census

• The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby 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. Andrew.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1844 and renovated in 1891.
  
  
• This tiny church seats about 80.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photo web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The parish register dates from 1561.
  
  
• The Bishop's Transcripts date from 1561, also.
  
  
• The London Family History Centre has both the parish register and the Bishop's transcripts on microfilm.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke 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 Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby 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 lies about 3 miles northwest of Spilsby. Partney parish forms the eastern border and Aswardby parish lies to the north. The parish covers only about 750 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A158 trunk road northwest out of Spilsby for about 3 miles.
  
  
• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Manors

• Sausthorpe Hall is a relatively modern building.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3869.
  
  
• 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 was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (or Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey division of the county, in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Some Directories place the parish. perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey district of the county.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	130
1831	206
1871	126
1881	141
1891	148
1911	122

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Schools

• There was a National School here by 1850. The facility was enlarged in 1893 to hold up to 70 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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