East Wykeham
Note: East Wykeham is NOT an ancient parish of Lincolnshire.
East Wykeham is a parish 7 miles north-west of Louth, 8 miles east of Market Rasen and south of Binbrook parish. The parish is in the Wold Hills and covers about 534 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The medieval village is gone. Ian PATERSON has a photograph of the Medieval Village at Geo-graph, taken in 2008.
- By automobile, take the A631 between Louth and Gainsborough. East Wykeham is just south of where the B1225 crosses the A631.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The parish was in the Binbrook sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2112 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2384 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3405 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2609 |
- The Anglican parish church has been in ruins since the time of Henry VIII. But burials were held in the ruins as late as 1876.
- Kate NICOL has a photograph of the ruins of East Wykham church at Geo-graph, taken in 2009.
- It is not clear if this parish was ever assigned to a Deanery as it had no functional church.
- The most likely source for indexes to marriages and burials are the LFHS indexes for the Louth Eske Deanery.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Binbrook sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- Wykeham Hall is an ancient mansion which was restored in 1870.
- The national grid reference is TF 2388.
- 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.
- East Wykeham was formerly an extra-parochial parcel. It was considered a hamlet in Ludford parish. By 1842 it had become a parish consisting of one farm.
- The parish was in the ancient Wraggoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In the 1800s, the parish was in the Wold Division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey Govt. Council.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
23 |
| 1831 |
31 |
| 1841 |
32 |
| 1871 |
30 |
| 1881 |
37 |
| 1891 |
30 |
| 1901 |
36 |
| 1911 |
34 |
- There is no record of a school in this parish.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 19-December-2012
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