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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Cadney (Cadney with Housham)

Census

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

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Church History

• Sometime prior to the year 1173, a small island in the Ancholme, called Ruckholme, was given to St. Gilbert and the canons of Sempringham. There they founded Newstede Priory, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It is found on more modern maps with the name Newstead Farm.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• The church is of Norman origin.
  
  
• 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 1564.
  
  
• We have some interesting extracts from the parish register.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Independents had a chapel in Cadney village. The Wesleyan and the Primitive Methodists both had chapels in Housham. 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 Brigg sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Cadney (with Housham) is both a village and a parish in the north of Lincolnshire, just east of the River Ancholme. The parish lies about 160 miles north of London and two miles south of Brigg. The parish is part of the low cars (see our Geographic Names page) or marshes and covers about 5,000 acres.

The village of Cadney is about three miles east of the old Roman road, Ermine Street, now the A15 trunk road, near Hibaldstow. Howsham (also spelt "Housham") is a hamlet in the parish, about a mile east of Cadney. If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A1084 trunk road east out of Brigg and turn south on the B1434. At Howsham (Housham), continue west to Cadney.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 0103.
  
  
• An Ordnance Survey Explorer map will show detail of 2.5 inches to 1 mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the Glanford Brigg division of the county, in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• William TAYLOR left 10 shillings a year for the poor out of a farm at Grassby.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union in 1837.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A British School was erected in 1847 and could hold up to 80 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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