South Reston
- The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Castle Carlton was in the Saltfleet 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. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 630 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2112 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3398 & 3407 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Edith.
- The church is built of stone and was rebuilt on the site of an older church in 1864.
- The church seated 120.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared St. Edith's Church redundant in July, 1980. In 1982 the church was demolished and the site used to expand the churchyard.
- The Anglican parish church for Castle Carlton is dedicated to the Holy Cross.
- Holy Cross church was built on the site of an earlier structure.
- This tiny church only seated 40.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared Holy Cross Church redundant in April, 1983. In 1982 the church was demolished and the site used to expand the churchyard.
- The Anglican parish register for St. Edith's dates from 1766 for baptisms and burials, and from 1757 for marriages.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Anglican parish register for Castle Carlton'sHoly Cross dates from 1571.
- Holy Cross Church is in the Louthesk Deanery for which indexes also exist from the Lincolnshire FHS.
- The Lincs Archives holds the following registers for Castle Carlton: Chr. 1571-1913; Mar. 1571-1876; Bur. 1571-1886,1940; BTs 1565-1812; 1817-1820.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1837 and the Free Methodists built their chapel in 1854. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Castle Carlton was in the Saltfleet sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are 6 miles southeast of Louth. It covers only about 710 acres (note: boundaries have changed over time). "Castle Carlton" is a hamlet within this parish (although some sources list it as a parish) only 5 miles southeast of Louth. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the road from Louth to Alford (the B1373 secondary road). The village is between Legbourne and Withern.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The national grid reference is TF 4083.
- Castle Carlton has a national grid reference of TF 3983.
- 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.
- The parish was in the Marsh division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district and in the parts of Lindsey.
- Castle Carlton was in the Marsh division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake, same district as above.
- For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- The allotment of Poor Land, at the enclosure in 1772, was 3 acres.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
76 |
| 1831 |
139 |
| 1871 |
286 |
| 1891 |
230 |
| 1911 |
166 |
- The parish had a parochial school room, built in 1859. Children paid a penny per week to attend.
- The children of Castle Carlton attended school in South Reston.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 30-March-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
