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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Stewton

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 Saint Andrew.
  
  
• The church is of Saxon and Early Norman origin.
  
  
• The church was built in the 11th century.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1866.
  
  
• The church seats about 60.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Andrew's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos 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 Anglican parish register dates from 1711 for baptisms and burials, and from 1756 for marriages.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• A United Methodist chapel was built here in 1861. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, 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 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

Stewton is a village and a parish about 2 miles east of Louth in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The parish covers about 1,000 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3686.
  
  
• 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

• In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village is given as Stivetone.
  
  

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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 Wold Division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district of the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish is small enough to get by with just a Parish Meeting to deal with civil or political issues, and they do not have a formal Parish Council.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East 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 Louth Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	45
1831	69
1841	55
1871	99
1881	101
1891	112
1901	100
1911	106

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school at Grimoldby parish.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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