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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Waddingworth

Census

• The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle 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 St. Margaret.
  
  
• In 1900, the church was closed and used only as a mortuary chapel.
  
  
• The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in April of 1975. In March of 1978 it saw new life as a store.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Margaret's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saint Margaret's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The parish register dates from 1640.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle 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 is 6 miles northwest of Horncastle. The parish only covers about 940 acres.

Janet Horton-Payne tells us that the village now consists of "St. Margaret's Church and a large house." If you are planning a visit:

• Check our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 1871.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• For governance, the parish was in the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
  
  
• In 1848, Mrs. BAKER left the interest on £300 for the poor, distributed in coal.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	59
1811	49
1821	59
1831	63
1851	71
1841	64
1871	56
1881	66
1891	54
1911	59

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended schools in the nearby parishes of Horsington, Minting and Bucknall.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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