- The Anglican parish register for St. Nicholas Church dates from 1661.
- The parish register for Holy Trinity Church dates from 1848.
- We have the beginning of a Parish Register Extract in a pop-up text file for your review. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
- The Family History Library has the parish register on film 1542045, Item 2. This film covers; baptisms and burials, 1661-1812; baptisms, 1813-1938; marriages, 1661-1767. There are gaps in the coverage.
- The LFHS has published several indexes for the Holland East Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Salvation Army had meeting quarters in the High Street to seat 400.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the new Mormon Temple on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2007.
- The parish was in the Boston sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Skirbeck was both a village and parish on the east coast of Lincolnshire. The parish has a long, V-shaped orientation that wraps around the south and east side of Boston parish. The village has been incorporated into the Borough of Boston since 1932. Fishtoft parish lies to the east, and Wyberton parish to the south and west. The parish covered 2,630 acres in 1842.
Skirbeck is virtually a suburb of Boston today. If you are planning a visit:
- Skirbeck lies between the Boston Docks and Fishtoft.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- About 1.5 miles east of the church is Rochford Tower. It was unoccupied in 1913. It is the remains of a 15th century brick-built tower-house.
- Terry BUCHER has a photograph of the Rochford Tower on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2006.
- Skirbeck Manor is termed "The Soke of Skirbeck". It has been held by the HUSSEY family and the GILBERT and PRESTON families.
- The National Grid Reference is TF 3343.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #261 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The Boston Port Sanitary Authority's Cholera, Yellow Fever and Plague Hospital was built here at South End in 1908. It contained two wards. This was renamed the "Boston Fever Hospital" by 1930.
- Saint Leonard's Hospital was built on Maud Foster Drain and was rebuilt in 1874 for 10 poor men and their wives.
- The author does not know what records have been retained. Hospitals were not required to archive their records.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the War Memorial in St. Thomas's churchyard at Geo-graph, taken in September, 2008.
- The parish was in the ancient Skirbeck Wapentake in the parts of Holland.
- Skirbeck is on the east side of the River Witham, and Skirbeck Quarter on the west side of the River Witham. Skirbeck Quarter was split off as a separate civil parish in 1912.
- Skirbeck joined the Boston Borough Council in 1932.
- Also in 1932, this Civil Parish was abolished and was split and merged into Boston and Fishtoft Civil Parishes.
- For today's district governance, visit the local Boston Borough Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Kirton and Skirbeck petty session hearings.
- Skirbeck's St. Leonard's Hospital consisted of ten small tenements in 1872. It was near the Maud Foster Drain and housed ten bedesmen. The hospital was founded before 1200 and was held for a time by the Knights Hospitallers of St. John. At that time, it was known as St. John's Hospital. It was rebuilt in 1874.
- In Skirbeck Quarter, ten tenements for the residence of poor people were built on the site of Spital House, which was founded in 1625 by Sir Thomas MIDDLECOTT.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Boston Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
539 |
| 1831 |
1,578 |
| 1841 |
1,931 |
| 1871 |
2,330 |
| 1881 |
2,660 |
| 1891 |
3,023 |
| 1901 |
3,644 |
| 1911 |
4,036 |
| 1921 |
4,174 |
- A National School was built here, adjacent to Holy Trinity Church. The school was first finished in 1848.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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