Wrangle
- The parish was in the Benington sub-district of the Boston 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 / 612 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2332 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3335 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2571 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saints Mary and Nicholas.
- Built of stone, it may have portions that date back to early Norman times.
- The church was restored in 1875-8.
- The church roof and the seats were repaired in 1896.
- The church seats 563.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Mary & St. Nicholas' church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2006.
- Richard also has a photograph of the churchyard sundial on geo-graph, taken in June, 2009.
- Here is a photo of Saint Mary and St. Nicholas Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The parish register dates back to 1653.
- We have the beginnings of a Parish Register Extract in a pop-up text file. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
- The LFHS has published several indexes for the Holland East Deanery to make your search easier.
- The town had a Wesleyan Methodist and Primitive Methodist chapels. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Benington sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish adjoin the North Sea about 9 miles north-north-east of Boston. Leake parish is to the west and Friskney parish to the north-east. The parish covers a bit more than 6,500 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Take the A52 north out of Boston. It passes through Wrangle.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- In 1900, the Coast Guard station's Officer in Charge was Robert TAYLOR.
- From a 2005 newspaper article: "A DILAPIDATED old windmill at Wrangle has been beautifully restored into a family home. The mill, dating back from the 1820s, was in a dire state when developer Brian Eastick and Boston builder Charlie Hunt took on the mammoth task of returning the structure, steeped in history, to its former glory. The floors were unsafe, inside walls white-washed and pigeons were busy nesting, but the duo, who have been working together for 18 years, were undeterred."
- A local boy's experience in Wrangle: See Linda Sokalofsky's granduncle's note.
- The national grid reference is TF 4250.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #261 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
There is a photograph of the War Memorial at the Parish Council site.
In the church there is an American flag and a brass plaque commemorating the crew of a US Liberator bomber that crashed on Wrangle Common in 1944 after "icing up". One crew member survived.
The British Legion has compiled this list of the Wrangby Roll of Honour as a Portable Document File.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Skirbeck Wapentake in the Holland division in the parts of Holland.
- Some sources indicate that the parish was in the Aswardhurn Wapentake, perhaps in the early 1900s, as a result of boundary realignments.
- For today's district governance, visit the local Boston Borough Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Kirton and Skirbeck petty session hearings.
- A number of charities combined to yield about £80 per year in 1900 for poor assistance.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Boston Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
732 |
| 1831 |
1,030 |
| 1881 |
1,165 |
| 1891 |
1,084 |
| 1911 |
1,080 |
- A School Board was formed in 1885.
- The Low Grounds School was built in 1861 to hold 86 children, later enlarged to hold 100.
- The Central School on Wainfleet Road was built in 1898 to hold 159 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 14-February-2015
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