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Thorpe St. Peter

Census

• For the Census, the parish was in the Wainfleet sub-district of the Spilsby 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, of course, dedicated to St. Peter.
  
  
• The church is built of sandstone. There have been several restorations.
  
  
• The church seats about 300.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Peter's Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under "more Lincolnshire".
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saint Peter's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1637.
  
  
• The IGI appears to only cover parish register dates from 1690 to 1700.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• There were two Wesleyan chapels here, one built in 1880 to seat about 100 and another built in 1838 with only room for 50 worshipers. The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel, erected in 1874 at Thorpe Bank. 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 Wainfleet sub-district of the Spilsby 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

Thorpe St. Peter is both a village and a parish that lie north of Boston, just inland from the North Sea and about 125 miles north of London. Croft parish forms the eastern border and Wainfleet All Staints lies to the south. This parish was a brick-making center in the 1800s. The parish covers just over 3,100 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• The village of Thorpe St. Peter lies along the B1195 trunk road from Wainfleet to Spilsby.
  
  
• Check out our touring page.
  
  

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Manors

• The Hall in Thorpe St Peter has been demolished, sometime in the last fifty years. The site is shown on the current Ordnance Survey map as a "Moat", conveniently close to the village Inn and Church. [Ken Forman]
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4860.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #274 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

• The name Thorpe St. Peter is often given without the first "e": Thorp St. Peter.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the East division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  
• In December 1880, a portion of Hagnaby parish, with 16 residents, was transferred to this parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The parish used to have two bede houses for the poor, but these were gone by 1911.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1876 for 65 children. In 1911, average attendance was 43.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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