East Barkwith
- The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check with Sheila Richards for East Barkwith Census transcriptions.
- 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 / 627 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2107 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2365 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3378 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2597 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin.
- The church was partially rebuilt in 1846 and further restored in 1868-69.
- The church seats 202.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2005.
- Here is a photo of Saint Mary's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1695.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports, perhaps erroneously, that the church is in the rural Deanery of Wraggoe.
- The Anglican church is currently part of The Barkwith Group of the West Wold Deanery.
- In the 1800's the Wesleyan Methodists and the Free Methodists each had chapels. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- There is a photograph of the Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Geo-graph taken by Richard CROFT.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
East Barkwith is both a village and a parish in the Wolds, 14 miles north-east of Lincoln and 8 miles north-east of Wragby. Panton parish lies to the south and West Torrington parish to the west. The parish covers about 1,000 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- East Barkwith village lies astride the old Louth Road (now the A157) to Wragby and Lincoln.
- Visit our touring page for visitor services.
- It's a SIGN! Patricia McCRORY provides these village signs to welcome you to your ancestors' village:
- Al PARTINGTON has a photograph of the Cross Roads Inn on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2008.
- The national grid reference is TF 1681.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- There is a joint war memorial shared by East Barkwith with West Barkwith. It is on the A157 junction in East Barkwith. It was unveiled in May, 1921.
- There is a photograph of the war memorial at Geo-graph taken by Richard CROFT.
- Alan HEARDMAN also has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2011.
There is a list of the names from the memorial and other sources at the Roll of Honour site.
- 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 edition of the ancient Wraggoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district and in the parts of Lindsey.
- The parish is governed by a joint East and West Barkwith Parish Council, which you can contact regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to answer family history questions.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
157 |
| 1811 |
198 |
| 1821 |
195 |
| 1831 |
187 |
| 1841 |
255 |
| 1851 |
321 |
| 1871 |
342 |
| 1881 |
339 |
| 1891 |
323 |
| 1911 |
308 |
| 1991 |
331 |
- A school was built here prior to 1900 for this parish and neighboring West Barkwith and East Torrington. The school could hold 100 children.
- There is a photograph of the old school at Geo-graph taken by Brian WESTLAKE.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 22-October-2015
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