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Southorpe

Census

• The parish was in the Scotter sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• There was no church here in the late 1800s or early 1900s. The locals used the church in Northorpe.
  
  

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Church Records

• Check the Manlake Deanery to see what LFHS indexes exist.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Scotter sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Southorpe is a parish and hamlet about 150 miles north of London, about 7 miles northeast of Gainsborough, 2 miles southwest of Northorpe and 2 miles east of Bylton. Grayingham parish lies to the east and Corringham parish to the south. A small parish in area, it covers only about 467 acres. Southorpe parish was once an extra-parochial portion of Northorpe parish.

The hamlet of Southorpe has virtually disappeared. The only thing at Southorpe now is the boarding kennels which are in the old railway crossing house. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A159 trunk road northeast out of Gainsborough and turn east onto the B1205 arterial. Follow that for about 2.5 miles and you will be in the heart of the parish.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 8895.
  
  
• For a map, click on MultiMap.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• The formerly extra-parochial parish was made into a civil parish some time between 1842 and 1872.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Corringham Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Gainsborough Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Northorpe.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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