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Census

  • The parish was in the Gainsborough sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
  • Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
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Church History

  • I have no Church History for Thonock.
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Church Records

  • Residents of this parish used either the churches at Gainsborough or the church at Morton.
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes for the Corringham 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 Gainsborough sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
  • Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began, for this parish, in Sept., 1894.
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Description & Travel

Thonock is a parish about 2 miles north of Gainsborough. The parish covers about 1,040 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

  • Byautomobile, take the A159 arterial north out of Gainsborough. It passes thru the heart of Thonock.
  • Jonathan BILLINGER has a photograph of the A159 through Thonock on Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
  • There is a Golf Club in Thonock. Tele: 01427 613088.
  • See our touring page for more sources.
You can see pictures of Thonock which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Manors

  • Thonock Hall, the seat of Sir Hickman B. Bacon in 1912, is a plain mansion of brick and stone. It had been a HICKMAN family seat for centuries.
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK828928 (Lat/Lon: 53.425338, -0.75531), Thonock which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • The civil parish was created in September, 1895, from part of Gainsborough parish when the hamlet of Thonock was incorporated as a parish.
  • The parish was in the ancient Well Wapentake (WellHundred) in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  • In the 1900s the parish was in the Corringham Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  • The civil parish was abolished in 1974.
  • Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Gainsborough Poor Law Union when the parish was created.
  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Gainsborough petty session hearings.
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Population

Year Inhabitants
1891 96
1901 80
1911 82
1921 114
1931 70
1951 64
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Schools

  • The children of this parish attended school at Morton.
  • For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.