Swinhope (Swinhop)
- 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. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2303 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3422 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2622 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Helen.
- Portions of the church date back to the 13th century.
- The church was partially rebuilt in the 1890s.
- The church seats between 90 and 100.
- There is a photograph of St. Helen's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photo web site.
- John FIRTH has a photograph of St. Helen's Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2010.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2009.
- Here is a photo of St. Helen's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1697.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a protestation index for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- Some of Monument Inscriptions have been recorded and are online.
- 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 village and parish lies about 8 miles east of Caistor, 10 miles south of Grimsby and 10 miles north-west of Louth. Thorganby parish lies to the north. The parish covers just over 1,300 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the B1203 south out of Grimsby. About a mile before Binbrook, you will find Swinhope village on your right.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The old manor house for this parish was destroyed during the civil wars in the reign of Charles I.
- Swinhope House, built in 1785-6, was the abode of the Rev. Marmaduke ALINGTON.
- In 1900, the occupant of Swinhope House was Rear-Admiral Arthur Hildebrand ALINGTON.
- The national grid reference is TF 2296.
- 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.
- See the War Memorials and the inscriptions on them at St. Helen's Church.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and it 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.
- White's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places this parish, perhaps erroneously, in the East Lindsey division of the county.
- The citizens of this parish have elected to forgo a formal Parish Council and instead they hold periodic Parish Meetings of all the citizens to discuss civic and political issues.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
84 |
| 1831 |
126 |
| 1871 |
117 |
| 1891 |
106 |
| 1911 |
84 |
Last updated on 2-February-2015
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