Langrick (Langriville)

The Library at Boston will prove useful in your research.

Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Margaret's churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2005.

• 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.
   
• Donnylad has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2007.
   
• Passenger rail service to the village ceased in 1963.
   
• Check our Touring page for additional resources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

"LANGRICK-VILLE, or LANGRIVILLE, a parish in Boston district, Lincoln; on the river Witham, opposite Langrick-Ferry, and at Langrick r. station, 5 miles NW of Boston. Post-town, Boston. Acres, 1,630. Real property, £4,040. Pop., 312. Houses, 48. The land was once fen, but was drained in 1812; and the parish, at first only a chapelry, was then constituted. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £91. Patrons, Trustees. The church is a red brick structure of 1818."

John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales", 1870-72

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

You can see the administrative areas in which Langrick (Langriville) 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:

• William GOODWIN, above, was born in Boston, LIN, circa 1833. His wife Ann was born in Kirton circa 1835.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Langrick Station Cafe on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2013.
   
• "Langrick Bridge" is a well-known landmark that carries the B1192 over the River Witham south of Langrick village. Michael PATTERSON has a photograph of Langrick Bridge on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2006.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

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

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• 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 this photograph of the war memorial:

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

• 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
1831	202
1841	221
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.