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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Louth will prove useful in your research.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
     
  • Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers where known.
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2111
1861R.G. 9 / 2381
1871R.G. 10 / 3404
1901R.G. 13 / 3084
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin.
     
  • The church was built of stone in 1882-3, near the site of a former church.
     
  • The turret of the church was struck by lightning in 1908.
     
  • The church seats about 150.
     
  • There is a photograph of St. Martin's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
     
  • Here is a photo of St. Martin's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1576.
     
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk 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 Louth sub-district of the Louth 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

Withcall is both a village and a parish about 140 miles north of London and about 4.5 miles south-west of Louth. The parish covers about 2,600 acres.

The village is in the Lincolnshire Wolds. If you are planning a visit:

  • Rail passenger service to the village ceased in November, 1951. There is a well-preserved rail tunnel near the old sation platform.
     
  • Visit our touring page for more sources.
     
You can see pictures of Withcall which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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History

  • Gordon HATTON has a photograph of the Deserted Medieval Village of Withcall on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2019.
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF284840 (Lat/Lon: 53.337536, -0.073042), Withcall which are provided by:

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Monumental Inscriptions

Adrian S. PYE has a photograph of the Memorial to the Great Northern Railway on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2020.

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • The parish was in the Wold Division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
     
  • 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 Louth Petty Session hearings.
     
  • After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
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Population

YearInhabitants
180166
183172
184190
1871168
1881237
1891250
1901209
1911208
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Schools

  • A Public Elementary School was first built in 1876 by N. CLAYTON. It was enlarged in 1889 to hold up to 60 children.
     
  • See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.