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Thornton le Moor

Census

• The parish was in the Market Rasen 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 age of the church is uncertain, although parts appear to be of Norman origin and there is a Saxon doorway inside. Evidence points to the church existing circa 1100.
  
  
• The church was thoroughly restored in 1871.
  
  
• The church is a Grade II listed building with English Heritage.
  
  
• The church seats 120.
  
  
• There is a photograph of All Saints Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• 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 1711.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The parish is often listed as being in the Walshcroft rural deanery in many directories of the county.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Market Rasen 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

This small village and parish sits about 7 miles south-west of Caistor on the Ancholme navigation canal. The parish covers about 1,500 acres and includes the ancient hamlet and manor of Bisthorpe (sometimes spelled "Baesthorpe")..

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B1205 west out of Caistor past South Kelsey.
  
  
• See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  

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Manors

• William PARKER built a mansion here, Thornton House, around 1835.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 0596.
  
  
• 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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Military History

• The War Memorial is located inside the church and is a Roll of Honour to those who died and those who served in World War I. See the photograph at Geograph.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county 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.
  
  
• In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and all 1,533 acres were amalgamated with Owersby Civil Parish.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the East Lindsey division of Lindsey. Others place the parish in the North Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	50
1831	99
1841	102
1871	119
1881	80
1891	83
1901	102
1911	96

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Schools

• There is no record of a school here before 1900.
  
  
• The children of this parish attended school in North Owersby and South Kelsey.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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