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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Bucknall

Census

• The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Margaret.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1884.
  
  
• The church tower was restored in 1912.
  
  
• The church seats 120.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Margaret's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1708.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built their chapel here in 1864, converting an older facility into a Sunday School. The Primitive Methodists built their chapel in 1854. 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 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

Bucknall village and parish lies about 7 miles westerly of Horncastle and covers about 2,500 acres. The hamlet of Campney Lane, which extends southward to the Witham River, is part of the parish. Horsington parish is to the southeast and Waddingworth parish to the north.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B1190 arterial road west out of Horncastle for about 7 miles.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 1668.
  
  
• 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

• The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In 1742 Mrs. Sarah BOWERMAN left £20 for the poor parishners.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union on 16th January 1837.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A National School was built here in 1854. In 1871 it was attended by about 80 children. It was enlarged in 1900 to hold 84 students.
  
  
• The parish was entitled to send free scholars to Bardney School under the will of Thomas KITCHING.
  
  
• The parish formed a School Board in July, 1894.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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