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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Waddington

Census

• The parish was in the Southwest sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
  
  
• There is an index and transcription of the 1861 census now available on the Wendy Parkinson web site.
  
  
• 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 St. Michael.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1779 and 1867.
  
  
• The church seats about 250.
  
  
• Waddington St Michael's was bombed in WWII (there is a nearby RAF Station). The new church was built in 1952-54 and is said by some to resemble a grain silo.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Michael's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• We have a handful of entries in our Parish Register Extract text file. Your additions are welcome.
  
  
• There is a local person who is the Resident Expert on Waddington: Jean Towers, 'Malpas', 436 Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln LN5 9AN.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Graffoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here prior to 1842, as did the Friends' (Quakers). The Free Methodists had a chapel here prior to 1900. 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 Southwest sub-district of the Lincoln 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 village and parish lie just 4 miles south of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, across the River Witham and just south of Bracebridge Heath. Branston parish is to the northeast and Harmston to the south. The parish covers about 3,330 acres of land.

The village of Waddington sits on a limestone eminence. It has grown a great deal in the last century. If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A15 trunk road, south out of Lincoln and turn off at the southbound A607 trunk road. Follow that one mile south to Waddington village.
  
  
• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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History

• The village had a railway station 1 mile to the west on the Grantham and Lincoln branch of the Great Northern Railway.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 9764.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey "Explorer 272" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• The parish was in the ancient Liberty of Lincoln and the Boothby Graffoe Wapentake in the North Kesteven division of the county, in the parts of Kesteven.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Common Lands were enclosed here during the reign of Charles I.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1854 to hold up to 100 children. In 1912 the average attendance was 94.
  
  
• An Infants' School opened here in 1906 to hold up to 60 children. In 1912 the average attendance was 40.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research age.
  
  

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