Withcall
- The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers where known.
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2111 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2381 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3404 |
| 1901 |
R.G. 13 / 3084 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin.
- The church was built of stone in 1882-3, near the site of a former church.
- The turret of the church was struck by lightning in 1908.
- The church seats about 150.
- There is a photograph of St. Martin's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
- Here is a photo of St. Martin's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1576.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
- 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.
Withcall is both a village and a parish about 140 miles north of London and about 4.5 miles south-west of Louth. The parish covers about 2,600 acres.
The village is in the Lincolnshire Wolds. If you are planning a visit:
- Rail passenger service to the village ceased in November, 1951. There is a well-preserved rail tunnel near the old sation platform.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- The national grid reference is TF 2883.
- 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 county Lincoln 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 in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
66 |
| 1831 |
72 |
| 1841 |
90 |
| 1871 |
168 |
| 1881 |
237 |
| 1891 |
250 |
| 1901 |
209 |
| 1911 |
208 |
- A Public Elementary School was first built in 1876 by N. CLAYTON. It was enlarged in 1889 to hold up to 60 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 12-December-2012
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