Little Carlton
- The parish was in the Saltfleet 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:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 630 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2112 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2385 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3407 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2610 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Edith.
- The church was rebuilt in 1837.
- The church seated 150.
- The last church service was held here in 1978.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in March, 1981. The building was demolished and the site added to the churchyard in December, 1987.
- John FIRTH has a photograph of the churchyard entrance on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2010.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1726 through 1978.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Free Methodists (later "United Methodists") built a chapel in the parish in 1854. 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 Saltfleet sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Little Carlton is both a village and a parish which sits on the Eue River. Legbourne parish lies 3 miles to the west, Manby parish to the north and the town of Louth 5.5 miles to the west. The parish covers about 950 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the B1200 arterial road between Louth and Saltfleetby and turn south through Manby to reach the village.
- Watch for the Village Sign as photographed by John FIRTH, taken in 2010.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The national grid reference is TF 3985.
- 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.
- John READMAN has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in 2005.
- Here is a photo of the Little Carlton War Memorial provided by Stuart HALES:
- Here is a photo of the War Memorial brass plaque in the church, provided by Stuart HALES:
Stuart HALES also provides this biographic sketch of Joseph Wilson PARISH in a Portable Document File (Adobe Reader required).
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the Marsh division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In March, 1888, this parish was reduced in size to give the "Gillwoods" portion to North Reston Civil Parish.
- For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
75 |
| 1811 |
105 |
| 1831 |
131 |
| 1841 |
135 |
| 1871 |
187 |
| 1881 |
169 |
| 1891 |
135 |
| 1901 |
125 |
| 1911 |
122 |
| 1921 |
99 |
| 1931 |
106 |
Last updated on 23-November-2015
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