Copping Syke
Note: Copping Syke is NOT an ancient parish of Lincolnshire. It was formed in April, 1906.
Copping Syke is a parish which is on the east bank of the River Witham, 8.5 miles northwest of Boston. The parish is just over 100 miles north of London. The area is flat fenland, only just 475 acres, drained by many small canals.
If you are planning a visit:
- 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:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 606 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2099 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2339 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3339 |
- The website author could find no record of a church here.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index 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.
- The national grid reference is TF 2648.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #261 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- In 1900, Copping Syke was a hamlet in Langrivlle.
- The parish was formed by Local Government Order No. 48,320 on 1 April 1906. It reconstituted all of the civil parishes of Great Beats, Little Beats and Seven Acres, as well as portions of Frampton and Wyberton parishes. Originally, it was assigned as part of the South Lindsey Division of the county, parts of Holland.
- The parish is in the ancient Kirton Wapentake in the East Lindsey division in the parts of Lindsey.
- In 1935, the parish was abolished to enlarge Wildmore parish.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Kirton and Skirbeck petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Boston Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
30 |
| 1881 |
23 |
| 1891 |
20 |
| 1901 |
7 |
| 1911 |
18 |
| 1931 |
28 |
- The parish was part of the Wildmore Fen United School District, formed in 1902.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 7-November-2015
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