Frithville
- The parish was in the Sibsey sub-district of the Boston 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 / 633 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter.
- It was built in 1821 in the village of Mount Pleasant and seats about 200. The parish register, naturally, dates from 1821.
- In 1821, parts of Frithville, Sibsey and Westville civil parishes were formed into an ecclesiastical parish.
- A small mission church was built at Fishtoft Drove some time before 1910.
- A Church Sunday School and reading room was erected in 1908.
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by (and copyright of) Norma Clare.
- Here is a photo of St. Peter's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1821.
- We have the beginning of a Parish Register Extract as a text file for your use. Your additions and corrections would be appreciated.
- The LFHS has published several indexes for the Holland East Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built in 1900 to replace an older, smaller chapel. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Sibsey sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Frithville is both a parish and a village which lie in the Fens about 5 miles north of Boston. The parish covers about 4,200 acres and includes the former parish (or extra-parocial land) of Westville, which is 7 miles north of Boston. It also includes the village of Mount Pleasant.
Frith Bank is a hamlet in nearby Sibsey parish.
If you are planning a visit:
- To get to Frithville village, take the B1183 trunk road north out of Boston. Where it crosses the B1184, there is Frithville!
- See our Touring page for additional resources.
- The national grid reference is TF 3150.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #261 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The name derives from the Old English Fyrhth, meaning "sparse woodland", with the French "ville" added at a later date. It appears in 1331 as Le Frith.
A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
- The village and parish are sometimes called Boston East.
- The parish was formed from several other parishes in the reign of George III.
- The parish was in the West division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
- For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Parish boundaries were "adjusted" in December, 1880.
- The parish hosted a Sick and Dividend Club in the early 1900's.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became a part of the Boston Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1831 |
261 |
| 1851 |
367 |
| 1871 |
316 |
| 1881 |
656 |
| 1891 |
648 |
| 1911 |
647 |
- This parish was included in the West Fen United School District, formed on 10 January, 1879. The children attended a council school in Frithville, erected in 1880 and enlarged in 1912.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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[Last updated: 11-November-2008 - Louis R. Mills]
