Holton le Clay

Census

• The parish is in the Tetney 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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
  
  
• Parts of the church building date back to Saxon or early Norman times.
  
  
• The church was repaired and partly rebuilt in 1850.
  
  
• The church was restored and repaired in 1868.
  
  
• The church seats only 90.
  
  
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2005.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Peter's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1750.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists also had a small chapel here, built in 1827. The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel built in 1836. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Tetney sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Holton-le-Clay is a village and a parish 150 miles north of London and about 5 miles south of Great Grimsby. The parish covers about 1,530 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the village is on the road between Grimsby and Louth (now the A16).
  
  
• Stagecoach Lincolnshire, provides daily bus service on its 51 line.
  
  
• Both railway stations in the parish are now closed.
  
  
• John BEAL has a photograph of where one of the Railway stations used to be, on Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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History

• The Royal Oak Inn serves as the hub of local news and information in the village.
  
  
• These are the names associated with the Royal Oak P. H. in various directories:
  
  

The Royal Oak had two lodgers in 1881. Here is the census entry (RG 11/3266 folio 158):

Relationship	Name	Sex	Age	Where born
Head	John FRESHNEY	M	52	Fulstow, Lincolnshire
wife	Ellen FRESHNEY	F	51	Aylesby, Lincolnshire
servant	Jane SHERIFF	F	16	North Thoresby, Lincolnshire
lodger	Maria BLACKBURN	F	35	Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
lodger	William GRANT	M	53	Alford, Lincolnshire

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 2903.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Military History

• November 1978 saw the unveiling of the 100 Sqn RAF memorial at Holton le Clay, close to the Squadron's WWII base at Waltham. The RAF memorial is located next to the A16. The old airfield is just to the south-west of the village.
  
  

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Military Records

• John READMAN provides the following, taken from the Roll of Honour at St. Peter's church. (See our disclaimer.) It's for the Great War 1914-1919. It lists all the people from the village who went to war and names those who were killed:
  
  

There is one Commonwealth War Grave from World War II in St. Peter's churchyard:

1. Frank BAXTER, skipper MS trawler Montano, Royal Navy Reserve, died 22 Spet. 1943. Frank died of a heart attack, not from enemy action. The Montano was used as a minesweeper.

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For civil or political issues you may contact the Parish Council, but they are NOT equipped or staffed to do family history searches. Meetings are held in the Village Hall.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby petty session hearings.
  
  
• The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1765.
  
  
• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	134
1811	161
1831	207
1841	263
1871	306
1881	283
1891	306
1901	257
1911	276

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Schools

• A Council School, built for 72 children, served the parish.
  
  
• Today the parish is served by an Infants School and a Junior School. High School children attend school in Louth. For more information see their Holton le Clay Schools website.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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