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Toynton St Peter

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Census

  • We have a page of surname entries in our Toynton St, Peter 1901 surname extract file. Your additions are welcome.
  • The parish was in the Spilsby 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:
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 647
1851H.O. 107 / 2109
1861R.G. 9 / 2374
1871R.G. 10 / 3391 & 3393A
1901R.G. 13 / 3075
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
  • The church was restored in 1876-77.
  • The church seats 220.
  • There is a photograph of St. Peter's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON web site under "more Lincolnshire".
  • Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

 

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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1742.
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  • The Lincolnshire Archives hold: bapt. 1742-1926; Mar. 1742-1812; Bur. 1742-1837; BTs 1562-1837.
  • There was a chapel for Wesleyan Methodists erected in 1844 in the parish. Out on the Fen, the Primitive Methodists also had a chapel and day school. For more on researching these chapel records, 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 Spilsby 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 & Travel

Toynton St. Peter is a village and a parish south of Spilsby and east-south-east of Horncastle. Toynton All Saints parish lies to the west and Halton Holgate parish to the east. The parish covers about 1,600 acres.

The village lies just over a mile south of Spilsby. If you are considering a visit to the parish:

  • By automobile, take the A16 trunk road south out of Spilsby or north out of Stickford.
  • Check out our touring page.
You can see pictures of Toynton St Peter which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF406631 (Lat/Lon: 53.146719, 0.100164), Toynton St Peter which are provided by:

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Military Records

For a photograph of the Toynton Saint Peter Rolls of Honour and the lists of names on them, see the Roll of Honour site.

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Politics & Government

  • The parish was in the Eastern division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
  • The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
  • The parish had a fen allotment, but that was transferred to the new parish at Wildmore.
  • Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  • You may contact the local Parish Council about civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to answer family history questions.
  • For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spilsby petty session hearings held every other Monday.
  • Various charities earned £5 and 16 shillings per year (1900), derived from garden allotments, for the poor.
  • 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

YearInhabitants
1801245
1831372
1841439
1871342
1881333
1891262
1911196
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Schools