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Thorganby

Note: There is a Thorganby parish in South Yorkshire, also.

Census

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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 built in the 13th century.
  
  
• The church was thoroughly restored in 1908.
  
  
• The church seats about 80.
  
  
• David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of the small All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2004.
  
  
• Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1561.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a protestation index for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The church was, for a while, part of the short-lived West Walshcroft rural Deanery.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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

Thorganby is both a small village and parish which sits in a valley of the Wolds about 9 miles north-east of Market Rasen and 7 miles south-east of Caistor. Swinhope parish sits to the south-east and and Hatcliffe parish to the north. The parish covers about 1,600 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B1203 arterial road north out of Binbrook or south out of Grimsby.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Manors

• Thorganby Hall, long the seat of the WILLOUGHBY family, is an ancient mansion.
  
  
• Thomas SKIPWORTH and his wife Maria occupied Thorganby Hall in 1856.
  
  
• Trevor SOWRAY has an excellent photograph of Thorganby Hall on Images of England, taken in 2001.
  
  
• Thorganby Hall has a commercial website offering accommodations.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 2197.
  
  
• 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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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Walshcroft Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Thorganby has a Parish Council, but I could find no information on file for it.
  
  
• Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy Cases would be heard in the Market Rasen petty session hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	88
1831	108
1851	120
1871	137
1881	144
1891	140
1901	134
1911	152
1931	122

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1868 by the 3rd Earl of Yarborough.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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