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Archives & Libraries

The Community Library at Alford has a local history archive that will prove useful in your research.

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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.
1841H.O. 107 / 629
1851H.O. 107 / 2110
1861R.G. 9 / 2377
1871R.G. 10 / 3395
1891R.G. 12 / 2605
1901R.G. 13 / 3067
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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):
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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.
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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.
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Description & 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:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

  • A Romano-British jug handle was found on land off Main Road in 1998.
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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:

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Politics & 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.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • 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.
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Population

YearInhabitants
180194
1831116
1871155
1881149
1891148
1901113
1911118
192184
193190
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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.
  • 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.