Pickworth
- The parish was in the Colsterworth sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- In 1891, the parish was in the new "Grantham South" 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 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2102 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2311 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3354 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2582 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
- The church was originally built in the 12th century.
- The church seats about 150.
- The church is a Grade I listed building with British Heritage.
- In 1913, the ecclesiastical parish was merged with Walcot.
- There is a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON web site under her "Still more Lincolnshire churches".
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2007.
- Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Anglican parish registers exist from 1538 as do the Bishop's transcripts.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1538 to 1812 and Marriages from 1538 to 1813.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Lafford Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here before 1872. For more on these chapels and their records, check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Colsterworth sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- In 1891, the parish was realocated in the new "Grantham South" sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Pickworth is both a village and parish 6 miles east of Grantham and 3 miles west of Folkingham. The parish itself is bounded on the north by Walcot parish, to the west and south by Lenton parish and to the east by Folkingham parish. The parish covers about 1,470 acres.
Pickworth is a small village, off the main roads. If you are planning a visit:
- The town can be accessed off of the A15 trunk road between Bourne and Sleaford. Turn off at Foklingham and head west for about a mile, then turn north.
- The village has its own website with activities and some history.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- In 1841, the principal landowner is the Duke of St. Albans.
- In 1872, the principal landowners were Rhodes MITCHELL (lord of the manor), Sir G. E. WELBY-GREGORY, baronet, the Rev. Thomas HEATHCOTE, and John FOSTER.
- In 1900, the principal landowners were Sir Charles Glynne Earle WELBY, baronet, Thomas Arthur Robert HEATHCOTE, and Mr. William TOPPS. These same folk were the principal landowners in 1913, also.
- The national grid reference is TF 0433.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 248 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
Michael PECK reports: "The Pickworth (St Andrew) War Memorials have been recorded. There are 3; a WW1 memorial proper and a separate Roll of Honour for WW1 and WW2. There are no numbers, ranks or arms of service mentioned. On the WW2 roll the surname appears first."
WW1
- In grateful remembrance of Hallam Hardy JOHNSON and George Cooper COOK. Men of this parish who died in the service of their country in the Great War.
WW1 Roll of Honour - Our Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918.
- Charles SHARP. Victoria Cross 9th April 1915 (underlined in gold).
- James JOHNSON
- Basil Gordon HOUGHTON
- Hardy JOHNSON [RIP]
- George Cooper COOK [RIP]
- Alfred DAVIE [Discharged]
- Robert DAVIE
- Tom WILSON
- William BREWSTER
- Harry FOSTER
- Reginald C HOUGHTON
- Fred JOHNSON
- Francis Cyril HOUGHTON
- Harold BREWSTER [Discharged]
- George DAVIE
- Bertie DAVIE
- Albert JOHNSON [Discharged]
- William WILSON
- William RASTALL
- Walter FOSTER
- Frank TOPPS
Charles Richard SHARPE (Note the slight spelling change) won his V. C. on 9 May 1915 according to official records. He was a corporal in the 2nd Btn. Lincolsnhire Regiment and died in 1963 at Workington, Cumberland. Basil G. HOUGHTON, above, is believed to have emmigrated to the US in 1918. George C. COOK, above, is buried in Walcot's parish cemetery. William Hardy JOHNSON was a private in the 11 Btn. Sherwood Foresters, age 20, who died 1 Oct. 1916.
WW2 Roll of Honour - Parish of Pickworth on active service.
- BROTHWELL Walter
- CARTER Peter Curtis
- CHALLIS Rupert Edward
- FOSTER Irene Joan
- HARRISON Richard
- HOLLINGWORTH George Arthur
- HOLLINGWORTH Ivy
- KELHAM Cyril
- JOHNSON Victor Hugh
- SMITH William Waining
- SAMPSON Desmond William
There appear to be no Commonwealth War Graves in Pickworth's parish churchyard.
- The name of Pickworth comes from the Old English Pica+worth or "enclosure of a man called Pica". The name appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as Picheuuorde (remember, the "W" is a relatively recent invention).
A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
- White's 1841 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BARNES, BAXTER, BLAND, CARTER, CHARLTON, ELLIS, GREEN, LOWE, LUNN, MOOR, PACEY, PAULING, RASTALL, RIMINGTON, SARGESON, SEALES, SHARP, SOLOMON, TOPPS, VINE and WORTHINGTON.
- White's 1872 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: ANDREWS, BAXTER, BEESON, BELCHAM, BROTHWELL, CARTER, CHARLTON, CLAYPOLE, COLLISON, FOSTER, HOLLINGWORTH, HOUGHTON, MITCHELL, MOOR, NORRIS, RASTALL, RIMINGTON, SEILES, TOPPS, TOWNSEND, TYERS and WAKERLY.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: ANDREWS, BAGWORTH, BECKETT, BREWSTER, CLAYPOLE, CRAWFORD, DICKINSON, FOSTER, GIBBONS, HOLLINGWORTH, KNIGHT, MATTLESS, RASTALL, SMITH and TOPPS.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BACKETT, BREWSTER, BURTON, CLAYPOLE, FOSTER, HOLLINGWORTH, HOUGHTON, KNIGHT, RASTALL, SHAW, SPENCER and TOPPS.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Aveland Wapentake in the South Kesteven district and parts of Kesteven.
- The citizens of this parish have elected to forgo a formal Parish COuncil and instead have periodic Parish Meetings of all the citizens to discuss civic and politicl issues.
- For today's district governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
- Bastardy cases were heard in the Bourne petty session hearings held on Mondays.
- In 1622, Thomas GIBSON left a yearly dole of 13 Shillings and four pence out of the earnings of Dimsdale House in Grantham.
- In 1704, Michael SOLOMON left a yearly dole of 20 Shillings out of the earnings of the Blue Bell public-house.
- Various donors banked £20 so that the interest could be used to buy coal for the poor of the parish.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union.
- For more on researching Poor Law records, see our Poor Law records list.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
156 |
| 1841 |
265 |
| 1851 |
261 |
| 1861 |
253 |
| 1871 |
240 |
| 1881 |
227 |
| 1891 |
231 |
| 1901 |
180 |
| 1911 |
185 |
| 1921 |
153 |
- A school board of five members was formed on 9 January 1877 for the united school district of Pickworth and Walcot. The children of the parish attend school in Walcot, near the parish border.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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