Wilsthorpe
- Stamford Library
- High Street
- Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2BB
- Tele: 01780 763442
- The parish was in the Barnack sub-district of the Stamford 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 / 618 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2094 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2314 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3310 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2554 |
- An old church at Wilsthorpe was torn down in 1715.
- Wilsthorpe was a chapelry of Braceborough's Anglican Church for two centuries. The new chapel itself was built the same year the old church was torn down, in 1715.
- The chapel underwent extensive modification in 1862.
- The chapel seats 100.
- There is a photograph of Saint Faith's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Tim HEATON has a photograph of St. Faith's Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2009.
- Here is a photo of St. Faith's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Researchers should look for early church records in Braceborough parish registers.
- Wilsthorpe parish registers exist from 1754 for marriages and 1770 for baptisms.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Aveland and Ness Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Barnack sub-district of the Stamford Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration beginning in July 1837.
Wilsthorpe is both a village and a township 93 miles north of London and almost five miles north-west of Market Deeping, just west of the A15 trunk road. The parish is bounded on the south-west by Braceborough parish and on the north by Thurlby parish. The East Glen River runs through the south-east side of the parish. The parish covers about 800 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The parish was blessed with a fine mineral spring about a mile north-east of the village and a "bathing house" was built here in 1841 for people who wanted to "take the waters".
- There was a railway station here by 1872, on the Bourne and Essendine branch of the Great Northern line.
- In 1842, Dr. Francis WILLIS of Shillingthorpe Hall, lord of the manor, was the principal landowner.
- In 1872 and 1882, the principal landowners were Lord Kesteven and Dr. Francis WILLIS.
- In 1900 thru 1913, the principal landowner was Lord Kesteven, lord of the manor.
- A Manor House is referenced in White's 1882 Directory, but no description or history is provided.
- The national grid reference is TF 0913.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #234 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
There is a plaque in Saint Faith's Church honoring just one man. See it at the Roll of Honour site.
- The name Wilsthorpe is probably from the Old English Wils+thorpe, or "Willow-tree farmstead".
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
- White's 1842 Directory lists the following names in the parish: George Wm. BANKS, Abel ULLETT and William ULLETT.
- White's 1882 Directory lists the following names in the parish: George BARBER, William CROSS, George HILL, Richard TALES, William TAYLOR and John WILCOX.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory lists the following names in the parish: William CROSS, Joseph ELLIS, George HILL, Martha Jane SANDALL, Richard TALES and William WASS.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory lists the following names in the parish: Arthur ELLERBY, Joseph ELLIS, Charles GRRENFIELD, Newman HAWKES, George PEASGOOD, Henry STARKEY and Edwin Robert WARTH.
- Wilsthorpe was a township in Greatford parish until after 1872. At that time, the entire township consisted of three farms.
- The parish was in the ancient Ness Wapentake in the South Kesteven district and in the parts of Kesteven.
- For today's district governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
80 |
| 1841 |
72 |
| 1871 |
52 |
| 1881 |
81 |
| 1891 |
84 |
| 1911 |
80 |
- Kelly's 1913 Directory tells us that the children of the parish attended school at Greatford.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 28-February-2015
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