Rothwell
- The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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 / 642 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2392 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3421 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2621 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalen.
- Major parts of the church date from the Norman period.
- The church was repaired and enlarged in 1849.
- The church seats 140.
- There is a photograph of St. Mary Magdalen Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Here are two photographs of St. Mary Magdalen Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1562.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built here in 1843 and a Primitive Methodist chapel built in 1874. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This small village and its parish sit about 2.5 miles south-east of Caistor and 9 miles north of Market Rasen. The parish covers just over 2,870 acres and is primarily good agricultural land.
If you are planning a visit:
- John FIRTH has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2010.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Blacksmith's Arms on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2006.
- The national grid reference is TF 1599.
- 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.
- This place ws an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- You may contact the Rothwell Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to do family history lookups for you.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of the county.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Caistor petty session hearings on the fourth Wednesday of each month and nearly every Saturday.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
138 |
| 1811 |
163 |
| 1831 |
231 |
| 1841 |
290 |
| 1871 |
224 |
| 1881 |
260 |
| 1891 |
210 |
| 1901 |
227 |
| 1911 |
188 |
- A school was built here in 1856 and enlarged in 1895 to hold 90 children.
- A School Board of 5 members was formed in the parish in December, 1874.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 11-May-2015
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