Cold Hanworth (or Cold Hamworth or Coldhanworth)
- 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 / 636 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2364 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3376 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2596 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was built in 1861-62 by Commodore Peter CRACROFT. It replaced an older structure on the site.
- The church could seat 84.
- The church was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in October, 1973. The building was sold for use as a studio in October, 1976.
- Ian PATERSON has a photograph of the old Lych gate on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2007.
- Here is a photo of All Saints' dwelling house, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1725.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1725 to 1812 and Marriages from 1726 to 1809.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Lawres Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports that the parish is in the rural deanery of Aslackhoe.
- 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.
Cold Hanworth is both a village and a parish 9 miles north of the city of Lincoln. Welton parish lies to the south and Spridlington parish to the north-west. The parish covers only 817 acres.
Cold Hanworth village is between two small rivulets which run south-east, eventually feeding the River Witham. If you are planning a visit:
- Take the A15 north out of Lincoln. The turnoff for Cold Hanworth will be about six miles outside of Lincoln, just behind Hackthorn village.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The national grid reference is TF 0383.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the eastern division of the ancient Aslacoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lincoln (Bail and Close) petty session hearings on the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union on 16th January 1837.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
36 |
| 1831 |
63 |
| 1851 |
80 |
| 1871 |
72 |
| 1891 |
81 |
| 1911 |
63 |
- The older children of this parish attended school in Hackthorn.
- An infants' school was conducted in the home of Mrs. Fanny NAYLOR in 1900.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 22-April-2015
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