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Gayton le Wold

Census

• The parish was in the Binbrook 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 Peter and is built of brick.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1775 and restored in 1888. It seats only about 70 people.
  
  
• Grimblethorpe was an extra-parochial patch of 632 acres of land. It became a civil parish in 1857, but remained an extra-parochial ecclesiastical parish. The residents of this land attended church in Gayton le Wold.
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saint Peter's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The parish register dates from 1777.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The United Methodists built a chapel here in 1854. For information and assistance in researching this chapel, 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 Binbrook 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

Gayton le Wold is a parish on the River Bain, situate between Louth and Burgh on Bain. The parish is in the Wold Hills and covers about 1,160 acres.

Gayton le Wold, as a village, is too small to appear on most small scale (large area) maps. If you are planning a visit:

• By car, take the A157 northeast out of Wragby toward Louth. Just east of Burgh on Bain, turn south. About a mile south of Burgh on Bain and you are in Gayton le Wold parish.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Manors

• Grimblethorpe Hall is about 3 miles SE of Ludford and about 6 miles west of Louth. The hall bears the arms of the MADDISON family.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 2385.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #282 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 Wold division of the ancient Louth Eske 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 Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Burgh-on-Bain.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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