Howell
Note: The parish of Howell is often listed as part of Asgarby parish.
- The parish was in the Heckington sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2345 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3352 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2579 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Oswald.
- The church appears to be of Norman origin (14th century).
- The church was restored in 1870.
- The church is small, seating only about 50 persons.
- Here is a photo of Saint Oswald's Church, taken by (and copyright of) Ron COLE.
- The parish register dates from 1710.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1563 to 1812 and Marriages from 1563 to 1811.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lafford Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Heckington sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
Howell is both a parish and a small village in the Wold hills, about 4 miles east of Sleaford. Ewerby parish lies to the north, Heckington parish to the south. The parish covers about 1,500 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A17 trunk road east from Sleaford and turn north at Heckington.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- In 1885, Asgarby Fenn and Carr Dyke Bank were transferred from Asgarby to Howell parish.
- The manor, anciently called Huwell or Heuwell, was long held by a knighly family of the same name. Eventually it passed to the HEBDEN family, who possessed it for more than a century. It then descended by marriage to the DYMOKE family. It was sold in 1803 by J. C. L. CALCRAFT.
- The national grid reference is TF 1346.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #261 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- White's 1842 Directory of Lincolnshire lists these person in the parish: Ebenezer BROOKES, Edward BROOKES, William HALL, John RIPPON and George SARDESON.
- White's 1872 Directory of Lincolnshire lists these person in the parish: William Bell BALDWICK, John Walter DUDDING and Henry SARDESON.
- White's 1882 Directory of Lincolnshire lists these person in the parish: John Walter DUDDING, William HOLMES, Henry SARDESON and the Rev. John C. C. UNDERWOOD.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Aswardhurn Wapentake in the North Kesteven division of the county, in the parts of Kesteven.
- In April, 1931, this Civil Parish was amalgamated into the new Asgarby and Howell Civil Parish.
- You may contact the local Joint Parish Council for current civic or political issues and actions. They will NOT do family history searches for you.
- For today's district governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Sleaford petty session hearings every Monday.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Sleaford Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
75 |
| 1821 |
67 |
| 1841 |
72 |
| 1871 |
86 |
| 1881 |
89 |
| 1891 |
73 |
| 1911 |
83 |
- The parish has a long-standing entitlement to send two free scholars to the school at Ewerby.
- The parish is part of the Ewerby school district. The children of the parish attended school at Heckington.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 20-October-2015
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