Snelland
- The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
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- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3376 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints. It was restored in 1802.
- The church was restored again in 1862 and underwent some alterations in 1870.
- Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
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- The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Snelland is both a village and a parish in the Wolds, northwest of the city of Lincoln and 5 miles south of Market Rasen. Wickenby parish lies to the north and Dunholme parish to the west. The hamlet of Swinethorpe lies in this parish. The parish covers about 1,460 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- In 1841, two bridges were constructed to cross the channel that passes through the parish.
- The parish had a railway station on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire line.
- The national grid reference is TF 0780.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
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The name Snelland is from the Old Scandinavian Snjallr+lundr, or "Snjallr's grove". In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village is given as Sneleslunt.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
- For governance, the parish was in the ancient Wraggoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
- As a result of the Poor Law Reform Act of 1834, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
- Mr. H. C. CUST gave the parish 14 shillings each year for the poor. He also allowed the parish a blue coat every other year for a poor man and 35 shillings per year for three poor men.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
94 |
| 1831 |
105 |
| 1871 |
124 |
| 1881 |
133 |
- The first school was built here in 1842 by Lord BROWNLOW. It was rebuilt in 1879. It sits near Wickenby parish and Wickenby students attended here also.
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[Last updated: 13-July-2006 - Louis Mills]
