Faldingworth
Faldingworth is both a village and a parish 11 miles north-east of the city of Lincoln and 5 miles south-west of Market Rasen. Spridlington parish lies to the west, Friesthorpe parish to the south-east and the village of Middle Rasen to the north. Faldingworth parish covers just over 2,500 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Take the A46 trunk road between Lincoln and Middle Rasen. The village is about nine miles outside of Lincoln and only three miles from Middle Rasen.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- 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 / 633 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2363 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3376 |
- Thee Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was rebuilt in 1814 and again in 1890-91.
- The church seats 150 persons.
- There is a memorial plaque in the church to the Polish Air Force men and women who served at Faldingworth, but no names are on it.
- David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of All Saintst Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2004.
- There is a photograph of All Saints Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Thee Anglican parish register dates from 1549.
- We have a small Parish Register Extract text file. Your additions will be welcome.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- The United Methodists and the Wesleyan Methodists each had a chapel here. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- 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.
- J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Coach and Horses Pub on High Street on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
- The national grid reference is TF 0684.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The RAF opened an airfield here in the Summer of 1943.
- Initially, the field was a decoy airfield named "Toft Grange".
- In addition to British units, the field was home to two squadrons of Free Polish units, the 300 and the 305. Both were bombing squadrons.
- In 1957 the field resembeld a high-secutiry prison. It had become host to nuclear bombers armed with the H-bomb.
- The RAF closed the field in 1972.
- There is a history of Faldingworth Airfield at the Parish Council site.
- There is a memorial to the Polish units at Faldingworth, but no names are on it.
- The church holds a memorial book with photographs of personnel who served at RAF Faldingworth.
- This place was an ancient parish of Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Lawress Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In March, 1887, a detached portion of this parish was added to Friesthorpe parish by a Local Government Order.
- You may contact the local Parish Council about civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to answer family history questions.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard on the 1st Tuesday each month at the Market Rasen petty session hearings.
- The Earl Brownlow left a charity of £6 and 12s yearly for the parish poor.
- 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 |
226 |
| 1831 |
296 |
| 1841 |
350 |
| 1851 |
387 |
| 1871 |
326 |
| 1891 |
278 |
| 1911 |
269 |
- A Council School was built here in 1828, then enlarged in 1876 and again in 1889. It serves the parishes of Faldingworth, Buslingthorpe, Freisthorpe and Snarford.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 4-April-2015
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