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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Great Steeping

Census

• The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• The church was partially rebuilt in 1748 and restored in 1908.
  
  
• A new All Saints Church was built in 1891 of red brick with stone facings.
  
  
• The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in August, 1973.
  
  
• There is a photograph of All Saints church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

• Here is a photo of the old All Saints Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1711.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• A Wesleyan Methodist chapel and a Baptist chapel were built here in the hamlet of Monksthorpe. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• There is a list of Baptist ministers and burials for Monksthorpe.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Great Steeping is a parish 123 miles north of London, 3 miles eastsoutheast of Spilsby and west of Skegness. Halton Holgate parish lies to the west. The parish includes the hamlet of Monksthorpe and covers about 1,750 acres.

Great Steeping village lies north and east of the Steeping River (also known as The River Limb). If you are considering a visit to the parish:

• Take the B1195 trunk road east out of Spilsby.
  
  
• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4364.
  
  
• 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 Wold division of the ancient Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire lists the parish, perhaps erroneously, as being in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• 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 Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1859 to hold 60 students.
  
  
• The parish formed a school board in August, 1876.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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