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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

South Carlton

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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
  
  
• The church was renovated in 1859.
  
  
• The church dates from the 12th century.
  
  
• The church was renovated and largely rebuilt in 1859.
  
  
• The church is Grade I listed with British Heritage.
  
  
• The church seats 130.
  
  
• 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 and 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 B1198 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.
  
  

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Manors

• The manor house of the MONSON family, long sole-owners of the parish, no longer stands.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 9576.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey "Explorer #272" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military History

• The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) established an airfield here in November, 1916.
  
  
• In July, 1918, the field was designated as a Training Depot Station.
  
  
• The airfield was closed in 1920.
  
  

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Politics and 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.
  
  
• District governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• 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

Year	Inhabitants
1801	151
1811	168
1831	204
1841	166
1851	183
1871	172
1881	175
1891	137
1901	181
1911	166

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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.
  
  

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