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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Spridlington

Census

• The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln 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. Hilary.
  
  
• The present church was erected in 1875 on the site of an older church which had been built around 1821.
  
  
• The church seats about 200.
  
  
• A photograph of Saint Hilary's church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Hilary's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The parish register dates from 1574.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Lawres Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1560 to 1812 and Marriages from 1560 to 1814.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1838. For information and assistance in researching this chapel, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the North-East 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

Spridlington is both a village and a parish 8 miles north of the city of Lincoln and 9 miles southwest of Market Rasen. Saxby parish lies to the north and Hackthorne parish to the south. Spridlington parish covers almost 2,300 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A15 trunk road north out of Lincoln. The village is about seven miles outside of Lincoln.
  
  
• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 0684.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• Locals refer to the place as "Sprid". [Jean Pryde]
  
  

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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 East division of the ancient Aslacoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  

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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.
  
  
• The parish poor had a rent-charge of £5 (in 1842), left by Charles LOVELL.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	126
1811	179
1821	199
1831	250
1841	292
1851	313
1871	284
1881	291
1891	269
1901	252
1911	221
1921	188

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Schools

• In 1842 the parish paid for 12 poor children to go to school.
  
  
• A school was built here in 1870 to hold up to 70 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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