Low Toynton
- The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- The North Lincolnshire Library has census copies for 1841 and 1881.
- 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 / 647 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2108 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3383 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2599 |
- The Anglican Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The church was rebuilt in 1811.
- It is a small church and only seats 60.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in October, 1973. In 1977 it was sold into private use.
- The church is now an overgrown ruin, the graveyard is unkept and overgrown as well.
- David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2004.
- Here is a photo of Saint Peter's church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1585.
- The Society of Genealogists has parish burials from 1813 - 1900.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Low Toynton is both a village and a parish in the Wold hills, one mile north-east of Horncastle. West Ashby and Fulletby parishes lie to the north and High Toynton parish to the south. The parish only covers about 1,000 acres.
Low Toynton village is a small place in the vale of the River Waring, now no more than a collection of cottages. If you are planning a visit:
- In 1842, the principal landowner was W. H. L. ROLLESTON, lord of the manor.
- In 1882, the principal landowner was E. Launcelot ROLLESTON, lord of the manor.
- The national grid reference is TF 2770.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- White's 1842 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BLOODWORTH, SHARP, SPRANGER and WALLER.
- White's 1872 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BLOODWORTH, CHAPMAN, HOLDERSHAW, STRAWSON, TURNER and WALLER.
- White's 1882 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BLOODWORTH, CHAPMAN, HOULDERSHAW, KEMP, PARISH, SIMONS, STRAWSON, TURNER and WALLER.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: MASON, PARISH, READ, SCHOLEY and TOMBLIN.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Horncastle Soke in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places this parish, perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey division of the county.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
49 |
| 1811 |
98 |
| 1821 |
95 |
| 1831 |
108 |
| 1841 |
62 |
| 1851 |
76 |
| 1871 |
69 |
| 1881 |
53 |
| 1891 |
55 |
| 1901 |
65 |
| 1911 |
75 |
| 1991 |
21 |
- The children of this parish attended schools in Horncastle.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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