Normanton (Normanton on Cliffe)
Note: There are "Normanton" villages in Yorkshire and Derbyshire as well.
- The parish was in the Grantham sub-district of the Grantham 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 / 621 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2353 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3363 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2586 |
- The present Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
- The church seats about 130.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in February, 1974.
- During much of the year, the church is open for tours on Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 to 17:00.
- A photograph of St. Nicholas church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Here is a photo of St. Nicholas Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The parish register dates from 1650, but Bishop's transcripts go back to 1562.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1670 to 1812 and Marriages from 1670 to 1812.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Loveden Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Grantham sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish sits 8 miles north of Grantham and just 2 miles south-east of Caythorpe. The parish covers about 1,550 acres. Ancaster parish is just to the south-east, Carlton Scroop parish to the south-west and Hough on the Hill parish to the west.
The village is right on the A607 trunk road north out of Grantham. If you are planning a visit:
- Take the A17 west out of Sleaford and then the A607 south past Caythorpe.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- In 1871, the Earl BROWNLOW owned nearly all the land in the parish.
- In 1913, the Earl BROWNLOW was the principal landowner.
- The national grid reference is SK 9446.
- 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.
Michael PECK provides us with: "The war memorials at Normanton have now been recorded. There are three, one is dedicated to WW1, one to WW2 and the third is to a named individual. There are no numbers, ranks or arms of service mentioned except for the individual:"
WW1 memorial
- Frank Cartwright
- Walter Crowley
- Joseph S Gale
- Charles Hedworth
- John T Hempsall
- Charles E Spendlow
- Richard Woods
WW2 memorial
- John M Chambers
- John D Andrew
- David Brister
- Edward H Dennison
Individual
- The electric lighting of this church was installed by Thomas Chambers in memory of his son Sub-Lieut John M Chambers killed in action 25th Nov 1940
- The name Normanton is fairly common. It is Old English northman+tun, or "farmstead of the Northmen or Norwegian Vikings".
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- Here's a list of surnames from White's 1871 Directory: BARNETT, CHAPMAN, CUPIT, FISHER, HUNT, MINTA, POLLARD, RIPLEY, SCOTT, WADESON and WALTON.
- Kelley's 1913 Directory lists these surnames: DUNN, HEDWORTH, HUNT, MINTA, POLLARD, RIPLEY, SHAW, THURLBY and WOOD.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Loveden Wapentake in the South Kesteven division in the parts of Kesteven.
- You may contact the local Carlton Scroop and Normanton Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help you with family history searches.
- For today's district governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spittlegate (Grantham) petty session hearings.
- Captain Lewis GWIN's charity provided £3 and 6 shillings yearly for fuel for the poor. An unknown donor contributed another £2.
- After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union in 1837.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
160 |
| 1841 |
200 |
| 1851 |
179 |
| 1861 |
172 |
| 1871 |
155 |
| 1881 |
143 |
| 1891 |
143 |
| 1911 |
165 |
- I could find no record of a school prior to 1913.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 5-March-2015
Click here to send any questions and/or comments about this site to the Lincolnshire County Coordinator.
© 2003 EnglandGenWeb Project