Martin (Martin Dales)
- The parish was in the Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2341 |
- St. Hugh's iron mission church, in Martin Dales, was erected in 1891 as a Chapel of Ease to Holy Trinity Church.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Graffoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford 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, and lies 12 miles north-northeast of Sleaford and 14 miles southeast of Lincoln.
If you are planning a visit:
- The national grid reference is TF 1662.
- 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.
| 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: 6-April-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
