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North Elkington

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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Louth will prove useful in your research.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
     
  • 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 / 632
1851H.O. 107 / 2111
1861R.G. 9 / 2383
1871R.G. 10 / 3404
1891R.G. 12 / 2608
1901R.G. 13 / 3084
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Helen.
     
  • The church was rebuilt in 1852.
     
  • The present church is at least the third building to stand on this site since the 11th century.
     
  • The church seats about 100.
     
  • The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in October, 1981. In June, 1984, the church was sold for residential use.
     
  • John BEAL has a photograph of the sign outside St. Helen's Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
     
  • The church building is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
     
  • Here is a photo of St. Helen's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1702.
     
  • Check our North Elkington Parish Register Extract pop-up text file for possible relatives. You are welcome to add your extracts.
     
  • The Lincolnshire Archives holds the parish register from 1701 to 1812 (North Eklington Par/1/1).
     
  • The London Family History Centre holds the Bishop's Transcripts from 1563 to 1838.
     
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
     
  • Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
     
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Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth 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

North Elkington is both a village and a parish 4 miles north-west of Louth. The parish covers almost 1,300 acres (early directory entries give the parish only 991 acres of land) and includes the hamlet of Boswell.

If you are planning a visit:

  • Richard CROFT has a photograph of the old Deserted Medieval Village area on Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
     
  • By automobile, take the A631 west out of Louth and pass through South Elkington. Turn right after about 2 miles and follow the road into North Elkington.
     
  • See our touring page for more sources.
You can see pictures of North Elkington which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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History

  • The village was deserted in the medieval period and was refounded nearby a few hundred years ago.
     
  • The Deserted Medieval Village (DMV) was a short disance southeast of the present village. Chris ? has an aerial photograph of the Deserted Medieval Village area on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2016.
     
  • Boswell is west of North Elkington village and has a Bronze Age Bowl Barrow.
     
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Manors

Chris ? has a phtograph of Manor Farm on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2013.

Ian S. has a phtograph of Boswell House on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2018. This stately house sits west of North elkington village.

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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF286904 (Lat/Lon: 53.394743, -0.066776), North Elkington which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

  • EKWALL's "Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names" (4th Edition, 1977), tells us that Elkington is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book: "Alchinton", and the name is cited in c1115 "Helchingtuna", 1205 "Northalkinton" and 1209 "Norhelkinton".
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • You may contact the joint Elkington Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they can NOT do family history searches for you.
     
  • The parish was in the ancient Ludborough Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
     
  • In the 1900s, the parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East 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

  • After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
     
  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
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Population

YearInhabitants
180151
181156
1831100
184191
187196
188189
189182
190195
1911102
192157
193160
195155
197160
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Schools