Well
- The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The following surnames were found by Mary Crandall in the 1851 census returns of the parish (See more detail on her web page):
- Holmes
- Carnley
- Stephenson
- Short
- Butler
- Rhoades
- Atkinson
- Cunningham
- Wright
- Neal
- Taylor
- Philipson
- Kidd
- Hufton
- Shaw
- Adlard
- Wilkinson
- Hornby
- Walker
- Harrison
- Hyde
- Bagley
- Bellamy
- Cawdell
- Cartwright
- Baker
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Margaret.
- The church seats about 100 people.
- Here is a photo of St. Margaret's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):

- The Anglican parish register dates from 1649.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
If you are planning a visit:
- In 1725, two urns were found, containing some hundreds of Roman coins.
- Well Vale was the seat of the DASHWOOD family.
- The national grid reference is TF 4473.
- 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.
- For governance, the parish was in the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- White's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the South Lindsey division of the county.
- For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
105 |
| 1831 |
76 |
| 1871 |
116 |
| 1911 |
128 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here to serve the children of Well, Ulceby and Claxby.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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[Last updated: 17-May-2008 - Louis R. Mills]