North Coates
- The parish was in the Tetney 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 / 631 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2112 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2386 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3409 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2611 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
- The church was completely restored in 1865.
- The church seats 152.
- A photograph of St. Nicholas church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Nicholas Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2005.
- Here is a photo of the Church of St. Nicholas taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1660.
- We have started a parish register extract. Your additions to this are welcome.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1837. For information and assistance in researching this chapel, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Tetney sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
North Coates is a village and a parish. The parish extends inland from the North Sea about 10 miles south of Grimsby and 11 miles north-east of Louth. The parish covers about 2,340 acres and includes the hamlet of Thoresby Bridge.
If you are planning a visit:
- The national grid reference is TA 3702.
- 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.
- An army camp was opened at the North Coates Fitties in 1914.
- On 4 August, 1914, a BE2C landed here as the first recorded aircraft landing at the site.
- It became a military airfield in mid-1918, but closed in 1919. It was an important refueling stop for aircraft.
- The facility was reopened in 1927 as an armament practice camp.
- In February, 1940, the facility became RAF North Coates.
- It was closed and reopened a few times in the late 40s, but in October, 1963, it became a Bloodhound SAM site.
- There is a North Coates Strike Wing Memorial at nearby Cleethorpes.
- David WRIGHT has a photograph of the aircraft hangars on Geo-graph, taken in 2008.
- Alan HEARDMAN has a photograph of the war gravess in the churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in 2010.
- The parish still sports an old casemate of type FW3/26 from World War II.
- J. THOMAS has a photograph of the War Memorial on the parish green on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.
- You can see the list of names from the Strike Wing War Memorial at the Roll of Honour site.
- The name North Coates often appears as "North Cotes" in official records.
- "Cotes" is an ancient word for cottages.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire, but was created as a modern Civil Parish when those were establishd.
- The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- You can connect with the parish council on Facebook for civic or political issues.
- For today's district 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 Grimsby petty sessional courts.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
154 |
| 1831 |
215 |
| 1841 |
225 |
| 1871 |
323 |
| 1881 |
266 |
| 1891 |
262 |
| 1901 |
257 |
| 1911 |
233 |
- A mixed school was opened here in 1866 to hold up to 60 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 11-April-2015
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