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South Carlton

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Census

  • The parish was in the Home sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
  • The North Lincolnshire Library holds copies of the census returns for 1841 and 1881.
  • 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 / 630
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 Saint John the Baptist.
  • The church dates from the 12th century.
  • The church was repaired in 1812.
  • The church was renovated in 1859.
  • The church was renovated and largely rebuilt in 1859.
  • The church is Grade I listed with British Heritage.
  • The church seats 130.
  • Richrd CROFT has a photograph of St. John's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2009.
  • Here is a photo of St. John's 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 1655 to 1812 and Marriages from 1655 to 1810.
  • The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lawres Deanery to make your search easier.
  • Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  • Several of the monuments in the church have been photographed and are available at Flicr.
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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 small parish is north of Lincoln parish and city and west of Nettleham parish. The parish covers about 1,950 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

  • By car, the village is just west of the B1398 trunk road, north out of Lincoln, between Burton and North Carlton.
  • Check for bus service from the Linconshire Road Car Company of Lincoln.
  • See our touring page for more sources.
You can see pictures of South Carlton which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Manors

  • The manor house of the MONSON family, long sole-owners of the parish, no longer stands. It was taken down before 1912.
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK950766 (Lat/Lon: 53.277879, -0.576718), South Carlton which are provided by:

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Military History

  • The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) established an airfield here in November, 1916. It was originally home to the 69 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps.
  • In July, 1918, the field was designated as a Training Depot Station.
  • The airfield was closed in 1920.
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  • The parish was in the West division of the ancient Lawress Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  • The citizens of the parish feel no need for a formal Parish Council, so they hold periodic Parish Meetings to discuss civic and political issues.
  • 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 (Bail and Close) petty session hearings on the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month.
  • As a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
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Population

YearInhabitants
1801151
1811168
1831204
1841166
1851183
1871172
1881175
1891137
1901181
1911166
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Schools

  • John MONSON founded a Free School here in 1678 to teach 35 poor boys of the area, A Public Elementary Church School (National School) was built here in 1876 to replace that school and included children from North Carlton and Burton.
  • For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.