England GenWeb Project - Lincolnshire, Stewton

Stewton

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
The church is of Saxon and Early Norman origin.
The church was built in the 11th century.
The church was rebuilt in 1866.
The church seats about 60.
There is a photograph of St. Andrew's church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

St. Andrew's Church

The Anglican parish register dates from 1711 for baptisms and burials, and from 1756 for marriages.
The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
A United Methodist chapel was built here in 1861. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
Alex McGREGOR has a photograph of the former Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

Stewton is a village and a parish about 2 miles east of Louth in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The parish covers about 1,000 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

The national grid reference is TF 3686.
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 was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
The parish was in the Wold Division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district of the parts of Lindsey.
The parish is small enough to get by with just a Parish Meeting to deal with civil or political issues, and they do not have a formal Parish Council.
For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.

Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.

Year Inhabitants

1801 45

1831 69

1841 55

1871 99

1881 101

1891 112

1901 100

1911 106

Last updated on 27-September-2015
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