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Gayton le Marsh

Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint George.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1847.
  
  
• The church seats about 200.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican church register dates from 1687.
  
  
• In 1778, the following church seat assignments were recorded in the parish register: Seats alloted (sic) in the Parish Church of Gayton on April 23 rd 1778. No 1 to Wm STANNILAND, 2 to Wm COOKE, 3 to Thos WILSON, 4 to Thos GLENTWORTH, 5 to John LEARY, 6 to John TYSON, 7 to Robt BRIAN, 8 to John KITCHING & his Cottager, 9 to Joseph WOODROOFFE, 10 to John ELVIN & his Cottager, 11 to Richard MAIDENS, 12 & 13 to Charles GOODHAND, 14 to Wm HOLLAND, 15 to Wm TAYLOR, (no 16) 17 The Minister's reading-Desk, 18 to Henry JAQUES, 19 to Thos PARISH, 20 to John HALGARTH & his Cottager, 21 to Robt HARRISTON, 22 to Widows WADSLEY & WILKINSON, 23 to Widows FROW & BRODWELL, 24 to Samuel MERRIKIN & his Cottager, 25 to John WILSON, 26 to the remaining Cottagers...by Steph FYTCHE Rector, Willm TAYLOR Churchwarden.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1894 to replace an earlier one built in 1837. 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 Withern sub-district of the Louth 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

This village and parish lies 138 miles north of London, 8 miles eastsoutheast of Louth and 6 miles north of Alford. The village is about 138 miles north of London. The Great Eau River forms part of the parish boundary on the east. Withern parish is to the south. The parish covers about 2,280 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the village lies just off the A157 which travels between Louth and Mablethorpe.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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History

• A steam engine was installed here in 1874 to help drain the parish lands.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4284.
  
  
• 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 Governance

• The parish was in the Marsh division of the ancient Calceworth 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.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1837 to hold about 60 students.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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