Edlington
Note: There is an Edlington parish in South Yorkshire (and the West Riding) as well. That parish contains villages of "Old Edlington" and "New Edlington".
Edlington is both a village and a parish about two miles north west of Horncastle. Bounded on the east by the River Bain, the parish is bordered on the south by Thimbleby parish, to the south-west by Horsington and on the west by Wispington. The parish is in the west part of The Wolds and covers about 2,740 acres.
WHITE's Directories of Lincolnshire indicate that Edlington parish, in the early 1800's, extended in a long narrow strip some nine miles to the River Witham. More recent parish boundary maps do not show this extension. But earlier maps do show a long thin strip of land extending to Stixwould parish. That strip of land was annexed to Horsington parish after 1832.
Edlington village sits on a hillside, is small and lies mostly on the south side of the winding main street. If you are planning a visit:
- Take the B1190 secondary road, which runs between Lincoln and Horncastle. About a half mile west of Thimbleby, just west of Horncastle, turn north and follow the signs to Edlington. Alternatively, one can take the A158 north out of Horncastle and turn west to Edlington village.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- The North Lincolnshire Library holds copies of the census returns for 1841 and 1881.
- 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 / 632 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2107 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2368 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3382 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2598 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Helen.
- Built of local stone in the Gothic style, it was completely rebuilt in 1859 - 60, except for the lower portion of the tower.
- The church can seat 120 persons.
- The upper portion of the church tower was restored in 1899.
- A photograph of St. Helen's Church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of St. Helen's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2004.
- Here is a photo of St. Helen's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Parish registers exist from 1562, but I.G.I. extracts go back to 1561.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
- In 1819, several heaps of ox bones with an urn in each heap were unearthed. These are suspected to be the relics of some ancient Roman sacrifice.
- In 1842, the manor house is called Edlington Grove. It is the residence of John Hazzard SHORT, Esq. Poolham Hall, another small manor in the parish, was owned by Christopher TURNOR, Esq. A small, moated manor, its grounds contained a gravestone dated 1527 and was the ancient seat of the BARKSWORTHs and THIMBLEBYs.
- In 1872, John Hassard (sic) SHORT, Esq., is lord of the manor. Poolham Hall is still owned by Christopher TURNOR, Esq.
- In 1900, Edlington Hall is the residence of John Randall HATFIELD, Esq. He is still there in 1913.
- The national grid reference is TF 2371.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- In 1902 a brass tablet was placed in the south aisle of the parish church to honor the five Edlington men who perished in World War I.
- The village is first recorded as Ellingetone in the 1086 Domesday Book, most likely from the Old English Edla+ing+tun or "farmstead associated with a man named Edla". In 1115, it appears as Edlingtuna.
A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
- White's 1842 Directory lists the following people in the parish: John Hazzard SHORT, Daniel BAXTER, Joseph AUCKLAND, James BLACKBURN, Jackson DALE, William DALE, George FARMERY, Edward GRIFFIN, George HARDY, Robert HEWSON, Joseph HILL, William LINCOLN, John C. OSBORN, Spencer ROBINSON, John SHARP, Christopher SHERIFF, Thomas SLEIGHT, Joseph WALTER, George WATTAM and George WELLS.
- White's 1872 Directory lists the following individuals in the parish: Henry ATCESHON, Mrs. BAXTER, Job COUPLAND, Thomas CROWSON, Cook GAUNT, Edward GRIFFIN, Benjamin HILL, Hugh J. HINDLEY, Miss Emma NOBLE, Rueben ROBERTS, George Fred ROBINSON, Robert SEARBY, Mrs. Mary SHERIFF, John Hassard SHORT, James STRAWSON, John WALTER, Joseph WALTER and Joseph WALTER, Jnr.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory lists the following individuals in the parish: Thomas BARLOW, Charles BELL, George Holden BUTT, Thomas GAUNT, Paul and William GRANTHAM, John Randall HATFIELD, John PEARS, Robert SEARBY, Henry TAYLOR, Joseph Edwin WALTER, Richard Walter and Henry WILLOWS.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory lists the following individuals in the parish: Joseph ATKINSON, Thomas BARLOW, Thomas BELL, Thomas GAUNT, William GRANTHAM, John Randall HATFIELD, George HOODLESS, Francis John MIDDLEMIST, James Henry OWEN, John PEARS, Robert SIMPSON, William Dalton STEPHENSON, Alfred Henry TOWNROW and Charles Cecil WALTER.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the north division of the ancient Gartree Soke in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
137 |
| 1811 |
189 |
| 1821 |
263 |
| 1831 |
216 |
| 1841 |
254 |
| 1851 |
182 |
| 1871 |
243 |
| 1881 |
213 |
| 1891 |
199 |
| 1911 |
162 |
- Edlington had a Parochial School, enlarged in 1870 to meet the requirements of the Educational Act. This was subsequently called a National School, later renamed a Public Elementary School. It was built for 40 children, although 1913 attendance was only 23.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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