Brinkhill
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Census
- The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- We have an extract of a small portion of the 1901 surname index which you are welcome to review or add to.
- 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 / 629 |
| 1851 | H.O. 107 / 2110 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2377 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3395 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2605 |
| 1901 | R.G. 13 / 3067 |
Churches
| St Philip, Brinkhill, Church of England |
| Brinkhill, Methodist (Wesleyan) |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Brinkhill area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Philip (or Phillip).
- The church was rebuilt in 1857 of green sandstone and brick.
- The church seats 120.
- The church is a Grade II listed structure with British Heritage.
- There is a photograph of St. Philip's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Philip's Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1562.
- We have the beginning of a Parish Register extract in a pop-up text file. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here and rebuilt it in 1873. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
Civil Registration
- The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Description and Travel
Brinkhill is both a village and a parish in a picturesque valley, roughly 5 miles west of Alford and 7 miles north-west of Spilsby. The parish covers only about 875 acres.
- For bus, coach or train service, see our Transport page.
- For information on visiting, see the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
You can see pictures of Brinkhill which are provided by:
Directories
- We have an extract from John Marius Wilson's 1871 Directory entry for to this parish.
Gazetteers
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Brinkhill to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Brinkhill has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
History
- A Romano-British jug handle was found on land off Main Road in 1998.
Maps
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF372736 (Lat/Lon: 53.241702, 0.054498), Brinkhill which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (or Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The parish is given in some 1900 directories as being in the South Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty session hearings.
- The poor of this parish have 7 acres of land provided by an unknown donor.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 94 1831 116 1871 155 1881 149 1891 148 1901 113 1911 118 1921 84 1931 90
Schools
- A School was built here in 1851 and enlarged in 1861. It took students from Brinkhill, Harrington and Bag Enderby parishes.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.