Martin (by Horncastle)
- The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- In 1891, we find the parish in the new Tattershall sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2107 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2368 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3382 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2598 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael.
- The church is built of stone.
- The church has been dated to 12th century Norman times, but the precise date of origin is unreported.
- The church is small and seats only 70.
- There is a photograph of St. Michael's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- J. HANNAH-BRIGGS has a photograph of St. Michael's Church on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2012.
- Here is a photo of St. Michael's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1561.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- In 1891, we find the parish in the new Tattershall sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Martin is both a village and a parish, bounded on the west by the River Bain, about 2.5 miles south-west of Horncastle. Woodhall parish lies to the north-west and Kirkstead parish to the south. The parish currently covers 758 acres, but was 844 acres in 1894.
If you are planning a visit:
- Martin Hall was the residence of George Robert DAWSON, farmer, in 1900.
- The Manor House in the village was the residence of Thomas HARRISON in 1900.
- The national grid reference is TF 2367.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
John EMERSON, who retains the copyright, provides these photographs of the war memorial at Martin:
John apologizes because these are so difficult to read. He suggests holding a white sheet of paper up to the monument to reflect sunlight at an angle onto the names:
John provides these names:
- World War 1939-1945. Crp DRAPER Philip J., Pte OAKES Thomas S.
There is one Commonwealth War Grave from World War II in St. Michael's churchyard:
- James McKENZIE, driver, 1st Div. Royal Army Service Corps, age 25, died 14 Oct. 1941. Husband of Edith Joan.
For a list of names on the Memorial, see the Roll of Honour site.
- This place was an ancient parish of Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- On 24 December, 1880, a portion of this parish was taken to enlarge Langriville Civil Parish.
- In 1894, a portion of this parish was taken to help form the new civil parish of Woodhall Spa (by Local Government Board Order No. 31,760, dated Sept. 17, 1894).
- The parish was in the south division of the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey district of the county.
- This Civil Parish was abolished on 1 April, 1936, and all 758 arcres were amalgamated into Roughton Civil Parish.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
41 |
| 1811 |
33 |
| 1821 |
55 |
| 1831 |
60 |
| 1841 |
58 |
| 1851 |
74 |
| 1871 |
82 |
| 1881 |
70 |
| 1891 |
117 |
| 1901 |
52 |
| 1911 |
55 |
| 1921 |
45 |
| 1931 |
41 |
- The children of this parish attended school at Roughton.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 24-October-2015
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