Martin (Martin Dales)
- The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Michael.
- The church has been dated to Norman times, but the precise date or origin is unknown.
- The church is small and seats about 70.
- There is a photograph of St. Michael's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
- Here is a photo of St. Michael's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Martin is both a village and a parish, bounded on the west by the River Bain, about 2.5 miles southwest of Horncastle. Woodhall parish lies to the northwest and Kirkstead parish to the south. The parish currently covers about 750 acres, but was larger prior to 1894.
If you are planning a visit:
- The national grid reference is TF 2366.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- In 1894, a portion of this parish was taken to help form the new civil parish of Woodhall Spa (by Local Government Board Order No. 31,760, dated Sept. 17, 1894).
- The parish was in the south division of the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union on 16th January 1837.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
41 |
| 1831 |
60 |
| 1841 |
58 |
| 1871 |
82 |
| 1911 |
55 |
- The children of this parish attended school at Roughton.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 1-September-2007 - Louis R. Mills]
