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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

South Elkington

Census

• The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth 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 All Saints.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1843 and underwent alteration and repair in 1871.
  
  
• Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk 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 Louth sub-district of the Louth 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

South Elkington is a village and a parish 2.5 miles northwest of Louth. Welton-le-Wold parish is to the southwest and Brackenborough parish to the northeast. The parish covers 2,660 acres (3,050 in earlier times).

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A631 arterial road west out of Louth.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Manors

• Elkington Hall, was the seat of the Rev. William SMYTH in 1871. The Hall was built in 1842 in the Italian style.
  
  
• Thorpe Hall, originally built in 1584, was once owned by James BIRCH, who mortgaged the hall in 1759. The mortgage was purchased by the Rev. William CHAPLIN, who bought the house in 1825. It was restored in the 1980s and still stands.
  
  
• There is a good book which details Thorpe Hall: "Lincolnshire County Houses & Their Families", by Terrence R. Leach, 1980.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 2988.
  
  
• For a modern map of the area, try: Multimaps.
  
  
• 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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Names, Geographical

• Ekwall's "Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names" (4th Edition, 1977), tells us that Elkington is mentioned in the Domesday Book: "Alchinton", and the name is cited in c1115 "Helchingtuna", 1205 "Northalkinton" and 1209 "Sudhelkinton".
  
  
• Acthorpe Top, a hamlet in the parish, is always pronounced "Agthorpe" by the locals.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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