Deeping St. James
- The parish was in the Deeping sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 617 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2095 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2319 |
| 1881 |
R.G. 11 / 3199 |
- A Benedictine Priory was founded here in 1139 by Baldwin WAKE.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. James.
- The church used to be much larger and portions are dated to Norman times.
- A tower was added in 1717.
- The church seats 800.
- There is a photograph of St. James'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):
- Anglican parish registers exist from 1674, but I.G.I. entries go back to 1562.
- We have a partial Parish Register Extract in a text file. Your additions and corrections are welcome.
- Deeping St. James is in the Aveland and Ness Deanery. You may wish to purchase some of the Deanery marriage indexes.
- There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in the village in 1880. The Primitive Methodists built a chapel in 1878 and the Particular Baptists in 1839. The Catholic Church was converted to a chapel in 1880 and is dedicated to Our Lady of Lincoln and St. Guthlac. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Deeping sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Deeping St. James is both a village and parish a few miles north of Peterborough. The River Welland is the parish's south boundary. Across the river lies Northamptonshire. Market Deeping lies to the north and west. The A16 trunk road runs through north side of the village. Due to growth over the centuries, the village now appears to be merely an extension of Market Deeping. The area is flat fenland, drained by many small canals, including the South Drove Drain.
If you are planning a visit:
- See our Touring page for additional resources.
- The national grid reference is TF 1509.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #248 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The name Deeping is from the Old English Deoping, for "deep or Low place".
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- The parish is also found listed in old records as East Deeping.
- In 1553, Robert TYGH left land and tenements for the poor of the parish.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Bourne Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1831 |
1,587 |
| 1851 |
1,849 |
| 1871 |
1,720 |
| 1891 |
1,501 |
| 1911 |
1,544 |
- One of the schools was formerly the workhouse, erected in 1816 and rebuilt in 1890.
- The Church Street School was formerly the Free School. It was an Infants school.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
- There is a local Deepings Heritage site. Or, contact:
Deeping St James Family and Local History Group
20 Eastgate
Deeping St James, Lincs. PE6 8HJ
United Kingdom
Tele: 01778 343-871
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[Last updated: 8-January-2008 - Louis R. Mills]
