Langrick

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

• The Anglican parish church at Langrick was built in 1828.
• The Anglican parish church at Langrick was not named until April, 1922.
• The Anglican parish church at Langrick was eventually dedicated to St. Margaret of Scotland.
• The church is a grade II listed building with British Heritage.
• The church seats 200.
• A photograph of St. Margaret's church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
• Here is a photo of St. Margaret's, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1831 for baptisms and burials and from 1837 for marriages.
• The LFHS has published several indexes for the Holland West Deanery to make your search easier.
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

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

Langrick is both a parish and a village which lie north-west of Boston. Brothertoft parish lies to the south-west and Thornton le Fen parish to the north-east.

Langrick village is just north-east of the River Witham. If you are planning a visit:

• Take the B1183 trunk road north out of Boston. Where it meets the B1184, take the B1184 west (left) through Gipsey Bridge to Langrick.
• Here's a view of the village from the B1184 taken by J. HANNAN-BRIGGS in 2012.
• Passenger rail service to the village ceased in 1963.
• Check our Touring page for additional resources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Langrick to another place.

You can see the administrative areas in which Langrick has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

• There was a small "temperence" hotel in the parish in the early 1900s, but not much history is available.
• The Ferry Boat Inn near the old railway line and close to the bridge across the river was a good place to stop on a long trip. The Inn is still operating. These are the names associated with the place in various directories:

• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Langrick Station Cafe on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2013.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF272489 (Lat/Lon: 53.022631, -0.105743), Langrick which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey 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)
• 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.

• Richard CROFT provides a photograph of the War Memorial in the churchyard at Geo-graph taken in January, 2008.

John EMERSON, who retains the copyright, provides these photographs of the war memorial at Langrick:

• In 1812, the people in this area were formally incorporated into the township of Langriville (or Langrickville) and were a part of the Soke of Horncastle in the South Lindsey district of the county.
• In December, 1866, the township was incorporated as a modern Civil Parish by the authorities.
• The parish was in the ancient Kirton Wapentake in the Borough of Boston in the parts of Holland.
• In March, 1887, the parish gained part of the Holland Fen that had belonged to Frampton Civil Parish as well as a portion of Wyberton Civil Parish.
• In April, 1904, the parish gained a portion of Conningsby Civil Parish.
• In April, 1932, the parish gave up 456 acres to Brothertoft Civil Parish.
• In April, 1935, the parish gained 7 acres from Frampton Civil Parish and gave up 1 acre to Brothertoft Civil Parish and 67 acres to Kirton Civil Parish.
• You can contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history searches.
• For the borough governance, visit the local Boston Borough Council site.
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.

• Bastardy cases would be held in the Horncastle petty session hearings every Saturday.
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1802, but at that time there was not a single house in the enclosed area.
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Boston Poor Law Union.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	0
1821	195
1841	220
1851	292
1871	486
1881	505
1891	397
1901	337
1911	398

• The parish joined the Wildmore Fen School district in 1902.
• The children of this parish attended school in Thornton-le-Fen.
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.