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East Barkwith

Census

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

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Church History

• Thee Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
  
  
• The church was partially rebuilt in 1846 and further restored in 1868-69.
  
  
• The church seats 202.
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saint Mary's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1695.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports that the church is rural Deanery of Wraggoe.
  
  
• The Anglican church is currently part of The Barkwith Group of the West Wold Deanery.
  
  
• In the 1800's the Wesleyan Methodists and the Free Methodists each had chapels. 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

East Barkwith is both a village and a parish in the Wolds, 14 miles northeast of Lincoln and 8 miles northeast of Wragby. Panton parish lies to the south and West Torrington parish to the west. The parish covers about 1,000 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• East Barkwith village lies astride the old Louth Road (now the A157) to Wragby and Lincoln.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 1780.
  
  
• For a modern map of the area, try: Multimaps.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• The parish was in the ancient Wraggoe 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.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Wragby petty sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A school was built here prior to 1900 for this parish and neighboring West Barkwith and East Torrington.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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