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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Waddingham

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, which was dedicated to St. Peter, has long perished. It was replaced by the Church of St. Mary and St. Peter. This church was restored in 1862.
  
  
• A photograph of St. Mary and St. Peter church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Mary and St. Peter's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The parish register, which includes entries for Snitterby, dates from 1652.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire Archives has the church Monument Inscriptions for 1711-1982 (Reference 379).
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• In the early 1900's the church is listed as being in the Corringham Deanery.
  
  
• The Primitive Methodists had a chapel here, built in 1859, as did the Wesleyan Methodists. 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 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

Waddingham is a large parish and village about 164 miles north of London and 8 miles south of Brigg. Snitterby parish lies to the south. The parish covers about 3,750 acres. The parish includes the hamlet of Brandy Wharf on the New River Ancholme's navigation canal.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A15 north from Lincoln, turn east onto the B1205 and stay on that road for about 1/2 mile. The road transects the village.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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History

• The Railway bypassed this village, but there was a station at Kirton in Lindsey only four miles to the northwest. It was part of the Great Central Railway.
  
  

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Land and Property

• In 1913, the principal landowner was Thomas GREEN.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 9896.
  
  
• 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

• The parish was in the East Division of the ancient Manley Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish was also within the Soke of Kirton-in-Lindsey.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Common Land here was enclosed in 1700.
  
  
• This poor of this parish has £20 yearly, applied in fuel to poor widows of the parish.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Free School was founded here in 1719 by Mr. James THOMPSON. The school was rebuilt in 1830. It was later renamed the Public Elementary School. In 1912 the average attendance was 92.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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