Haxey
- The parish was in the Owston sub-district in the Gainsborough Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. Portions of the church are of early Norman origin.
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by (and copyright of) Wendy Parkinson.
- Here are two photos of Saint Nicholas Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The parish registers go back to 1559.
- The Lincolnshire Family History Society has provided a marriage index for the Isle of Axholme Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Owston sub-district in the Gainsborough Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
There is a description of Haxey provided by the Isle of Axholme FHS.
This village and parish lies 8 miles northwest of Gainsborough in the Isle of Axholme. Wroot parish and Nottinghamshire are just to the west, with Epworth parish to the north. The parish covers about 8,550 acres and includes the hamlets of Burnham, Upperthorpe, Nethergate, Newbigg, and Park.
If you are planning a visit:
- The village of Haxey is bisected by the B1396 as it travels west from the A161 trunk road.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- Haxey is the ancient capital of the Isle of Axholme.
- In 1741, the major part of the village was destroyed by a fire.
- In the mid to late 1800's, Haxey had a station on the Great Northern Railway.
- There is a detailed History of Haxey provided by the Isle of Axholme FHS.
- The national grid reference is SK 7699.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The name Haxey is from the Old Scandanavian Hakr+eg, meaning "island of Hakr." In the 1086 Domesday Book it is rendered as Acheseia.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- The parish was in the ancient Manley Wapentake in the Gainsborough district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In the 1972 government redistricting, this parish became part of the Boothferry District, which is now in the County of Humberside (formerly Lindsey, Lincolnshire).
- According to Anne Cole, "the only Settlement Certificate documents for Haxey are a list of people who came (into the parish) by certificate in the back of an Overseers' Account Book. The earliest is 1699."
- About 3,341 acres of common land was enlosed here in 1795.
- Please see our Gainsborough Union Workhouse page for more information.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1831 |
1,868 |
| 1871 |
2,213 |
| 1911 |
2,035 |
| 2001 |
4,359 |
- A Free School was first established here in 1654.
- A new school was erected here in 1861 to seat up to 150 students.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 13-May-2007 - Louis R. Mills]
