Kirton-in-Holland
- The parish was in the Kirton sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- For the 1891 census we have a Partial Census Extract.
- 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 / 608 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2098 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2331 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3333 & 3346 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2570 |
| 1901 |
R.G. 13 / 3040 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
- In 1809, the large old church was dismantled and a new smaller one built from the stones and debris.
- The church was completely restored in 1897-1904.
- The church seats 700.
- A church mission room was built at Skeldyke in 1908.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the church tower on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2008.
- Here is a photo of St. Peter and St. Paul Church, taken by (and copyright of) Norma CLARE.
- Here is a photo of St. Peter and St. Paul Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Anglican parish registers exist from 1555.
- The tombstones in the churchyard have been moved from their original locations. Some were placed around the edge of the graveyard, and some were built into the footpath and their engravings are being worn away.
- We have a handful of entries in our parish register extract, and would be pleased if you would submsit some additions.
- The parish is in the Holland West Deanery, for which several indexes exist.
- There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in 1820, a Primitive Methodist chapel built in 1859 in Kirton End and another at Skeldyke built in 1842. There was also a Congregationalist chapel built in 1821. Check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Kirton sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are 103 miles north of London and just over 4 miles south-west of Boston on the Spalding Road, partly bordering on "The Wash". Frampton parish lies to the north. Kirton Holme, Kirton End, Kirton Mears, Seadyke, Simon Weir and Skeldyke are hamlets within the parish.
If you are planning a visit:
- Kirton is famous as the original estate and seat of the first Saxon kings in Lincolnshire.
- The Earl of Exeter had a Sessions Hall here, in which the great Goose Court was held. This court was discontinued around 1802.
- It is one of the largest parishes in the county, extending over 14 miles in length.
- Kirton was once a Market Town, but the trade diminished and the market days were abandoned, as were the two annual fairs.
- In 1873 about 676 acres of marsh land were inclosed from the sea.
- The National Grid Reference for the village is TF 3038.
- An Ordnance Survey "Explorer 249" map will show detail of 2.5 inches to 1 mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
The church Lychgate was built as a memorial to the men who fell in the Great War.
Elizabeth HANCOCK has a photograph of the Lych Gate on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2006.
John EMERSON, who retains the copyright, provides these photographs of the war memorial at Kirton in Holland:
The Kirton Holme War Memorial can be seen on the Roll of Honour site along with a list of names of men who perished.
John EMERSON also provides this List of Names from the Kirton War Memorial.
- In some ancient sources, the name is rendered as Kirktown. The name means "village with a church." It appears as Chirchetune in the 1086 Domesday Book.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- Locals pronounce the name as "Keeuhn" (with the stress on the first syllable). [Simon MEEDS, 2001]
- 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 Kirton Wapentake in the Borough of Boston and in the South Holland district in the parts of Holland.
- For today's district governance, visit the local Boston Borough Council.
- The parish had almshouses for four poor women, founded by Robert HUNT.
- The parish had it's own small workhouse for the poor prior to 1842.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Kirton and Skirbeck petty session hearings held in Skirbeck every Wednesday.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Boston Poorlaw Union.
- The Speak Almshouses were bequeathed by John SPEAK in 1928. They are on the south end of the village.
Most of the population stats below are for the ecclesiastical parish. 1891 is for the civil parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
1,238 |
| 1831 |
1,763 |
| 1841 |
2,092 |
| 1851 |
2,299 |
| 1871 |
2,419 |
| 1881 |
2,345 |
| 1891 |
2,169 |
| 1911 |
2,444 |
- A Free School was established here in 1624 by Sir Thomas MIDDLECOTT. But in 1841, only 11 students attended the school. The original school building was replaced before 1900, at which time 65 boys attended.
- A Board School was built in Kirton Holme in 1879 to hold up to 144 children.
- A Board School for infants was built in Skeldyke in 1897.
- Check the website for Kirton Primary School, telephone: 01205-722236 fax: 01205-722108. The site has no school history. The school holds just under 400 students and up to 52 infants.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
Last updated on 28-November-2015
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