South Elkington
- The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3404 |
| 1901 |
R.G. 13 / 3084 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church is built of stone and chalk.
- The church was rebuilt in 1843 and underwent alteration and repair in 1871.
- The church seats 220.
- Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1701 for baptisms and burials, and has marriages from 1755.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the rural Ludborough Deanery.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
South Elkington is a village and a parish 2.5 miles northwest of Louth, on the road to Market Rasen. Welton-le-Wold parish is to the southwest and Brackenborough parish to the northeast. The parish covers 2,660 acres (3,080 in 1912).
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A631 arterial road west out of Louth.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- A Reading Room and Institure was opened in the village in 1905.
- Elkington Hall, was the seat of the Rev. William SMYTH in 1871. The Hall was built of brick in 1842 in the Italian style.
- Thorpe Hall, originally built in 1584 by Sir John BOLLE, was once owned by James BIRCH, who mortgaged the hall in 1759. The mortgage was purchased by the Rev. William CHAPLIN, who bought the house in 1825. It was restored in the 1980s and still stands.
- There is a good book which details Thorpe Hall: "Lincolnshire County Houses & Their Families", by Terrence R. Leach, 1980.
- The national grid reference is TF 2988.
- For a modern map of the area, try: Multimaps.
- 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.
John Emerson, who retains the copyright, provides these photographs of the war memorial at South Elkington:
- Ekwall's "Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names" (4th Edition, 1977), tells us that Elkington is mentioned in the Domesday Book: "Alchinton", and the name is cited in c1115 "Helchingtuna", 1205 "Northalkinton" and 1209 "Sudhelkinton".
- Acthorpe Top, a hamlet in the parish, is always pronounced "Agthorpe" by the locals.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
158 |
| 1831 |
271 |
| 1871 |
357 |
| 1881 |
356 |
| 1891 |
366 |
| 1911 |
351 |
- A Public Elementary School (mixed) was built here in 1877 to serve both North and South Elkington. It could hold 128 children.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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[Last updated: 8-Mary-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
