Broxholme (Brox-Holme)
Broxholme is a parish and small village 6 miles northwest of Lincoln. To the west is Saxilby parish, across the River Till. Nottinghamshire lies to the northwest. The parish covers about 1,350 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The parish was in the North East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 629 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2363 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3375 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2596 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was rebuilt in 1857.
- The church seated about 120.
- The church was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in March, 1990. In June of 1992 it was sold for residential use.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2005.
- There is a photograph of All Saints church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site, under "Yet more Lincs churches".
- Here is a photo of All Saints church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The parish register dates from 1654 (Kelly's 1913 Directory reports 1642).
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Corringham Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire reports that the parish is in the rural Deanery of West Lawress.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the North East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- The national grid reference is SK 9177.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #247 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Lawress Wapentake in the West Lindsey division of the county, in the parts of Lindsey.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bail and Close petty sessional hearings on the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
110 |
| 1831 |
137 |
| 1851 |
113 |
| 1871 |
126 |
| 1881 |
114 |
| 1891 |
85 |
| 1911 |
106 |
- The webpage author could find no reference to a school in this parish.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 15-April-2015
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