Kelstern
- The parish was in the Binbrook sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- We have a handful of 1901 census surnames in a text file. Your additions are welcome.
- 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 / 638 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2112 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2384 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3406 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2609 |
| 1901 |
R.G. 13 / 3085 |
- The Anglican Church is dedicated to Saint Faith.
- The church appears to be from the 14th century.
- The church was restored and partly rebuilt in 1886-87.
- The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- Richard CROFT provides a photograph of St. Faith's Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006.
- Here is a photo of St. Faith's Church, taken by Ron CPLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates back to 1651.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Louth Eske Deanery to make your search easier.
- 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.
Kelstern is a parish at the north end of the River Bain, west-north-west of Louth and south-east of Binbrook parish. The parish is in the Wold Hills. Lambcroft is a hamlet in the parish, about 2 miles north-east of Kelstern village. The parish covers about 2,600 acres.
Kelstern village is a small, quiet place. If you are planning a visit:
- By car, take the A631 west out of Louth. Kelstern is about one half mile north of this road, about four miles west of Louth.
- John FIRTH has a photograph of Kelstern village on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2013.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- To the east of the village are several Bronze Age barrows.
- Rod COLLINS has a good history of the parish on his website.
- Earnest SHARPLEY, a farmer, was the resident of Kelstern Hall in 1913.
- Richard CROFT provides a photograph of Kelstern Hall on Geo-graph, taken in 2006.
- The national grid reference is TF 2590.
- 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.
- RFC Kelstern was established in 1917, primarily as an emergency landing strip for fuel-starved aircraft returning from Zeppelin hunts.
- The field was little used in WWI.
- The field closed in March, 1919.
- In July, 1942, construction started at RAF Kelstern. The field was re-opened by the RAF in September, 1943.
- The field closed again in May, 1945.
- The property was sold by the MOD in 1965.
- There is a memorial to 625 Squadron near the old runways. The webpage author does not have any information on the memorial.
- Chris HUFF has a photograph of the RAF Kelstern Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2012.
- There is a photograph of one building at RAF Kelstern on the Traces of War website.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelstern has merged with Calcethorpe and you may contact the local authorities regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family hisotry searches. The residents of Kelstern do not have a formal parish council and conduct parish meetings to discuss issues.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey Govt. Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
154 |
| 1831 |
200 |
| 1841 |
211 |
| 1871 |
218 |
| 1881 |
235 |
| 1891 |
221 |
| 1901 |
175 |
| 1911 |
188 |
- A Public Elementary School was built in Kelstern village in 1861. It was enlarged in 1898.
- Children came to school here from Lambcroft hamlet and the village of Calcethorpe.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 23-March-2015
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