Snelland
Snelland is both a village and a parish in the Wolds, 139 miles north of London, 9 miles north-east of the city of Lincoln and 5 miles south of Market Rasen. Wickenby parish lies to the north and Dunholme parish to the west. The hamlet of Swinethorpe lies in this parish, a mile west of Snelland village. The parish covers about 1,460 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln 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 / 644 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2363 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3376 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was restored in 1802.
- The church was restored again in 1862 and underwent some alterations in 1870.
- The church seats 80.
- Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1653.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the West Walshcroft rural deanery.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- In 1841, two bridges were constructed to cross the channel that passes through the parish.
- The parish had a railway station on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire line.
- The national grid reference is TF 0780.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The name Snelland is from the Old Scandinavian Snjallr+lundr, or "Snjallr's grove". In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village is given as Sneleslunt.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
- The parish was in the western division of the ancient Wraggoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places this parish, perhaps erroneously, in the East Lindsey district of the county.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Wragby petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
- Mr. H. C. CUST gave the parish 14 shillings each year for the poor. He also allowed the parish a blue coat every other year for a poor man and 35 shillings per year for three poor men.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
94 |
| 1831 |
105 |
| 1851 |
127 |
| 1871 |
124 |
| 1881 |
133 |
| 1891 |
130 |
| 1911 |
85 |
- The first school was built here in 1842 by Lord BROWNLOW. It was rebuilt in 1879. It sits near Wickenby parish and Wickenby students attended here also.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 16-May-2015
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