Nocton
Nocton is a small village and a large parish just 7.5 miles south-east of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, just south of Potterhanworth parish. Dunston parish is to the south. The parish covers almost 6,000 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Take the B1198 trunk road, south out of Lincoln. Pass through Branston and about a mile further on, Nocton will be to your left, just off the road.
- Check out the village website for current events.
- Dave HITCHBORNE provides a photograph of Old Row on Geo-graph, taken in 2008.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- When you enter the village, look for the village sign (provided by Patricia McCRORY, who retains the copyright).
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- The parish was in the South West sub-district of the Lincoln 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 / 621 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2356 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3368 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2588 |
- In 1140, Robert D'ARCY founded a priory here of Austin (Augustine) or Black Canons, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen. No trace of this structure remains.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was built in 1862 out of Ancaster stone.
- The church seats 300.
- There is a photograph of All Saints Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1582.
- The author of this page has been advised that the parish register in the Archives has been damaged by fire and are too fragile to access.
- Shelley CLACK provides this list of churchyard monument inscriptions to help you with your search. The file is in a Rich Text Format.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Graffoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the South West sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- Richard CROFT provides a photograph of the Old Post Office on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
- Nocton Hall stood on the site of a former mansion destroyed by fire in 1834. Nocton Hall was rebuilt in 1841 as the seat of the first Marquis of Ripon.
- Nocton Hall was unoccupied in 1913. At that time it was the property of the HODGSON family.
- In 1917, the HODGSON family moved into Embassy House in the village.
- See the "Military History" section for more on Nocton Hall.
- Arsonists set the Hall on fire in October of 2004. A second fire the next year caused further damage.
- Geo-graph has a photograph of burned out Nocton Hallh, taken in 2005.
- The remains of the Hall are listed as a "building at risk" by British Heritage.
- There is a more detailed history of the Hall at the Metheringham Area News website.
- The national grid reference is TF 0564.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey "Explorer #272" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- In 1917, the RAF made Nocton Hall into "No. 1 RAF Hospital". It was primarily a convalescent hospital for American officers wounded in the war.
- In 1919 the Hall was sold to William F. DENNIS, who elected not to reside in the hall.
- In 1940 the Hall was back in service to the Air Ministry. It was too small for its intended purpose, so another hospital was also built at Rauceby.
- In 1943 the Hall was re-designated as "United States Army Seventh General Hospital".
- In 1945, with the war ending, the Hall was again "RAF Nocton Hall". Over time, the hospital expanded to a 740-bed facility.
- The RAF closed the Hospital in March, 1983.
- The Hall was leased by the US Air Force from 1984 to June, 1995. But the US didn't hand back the Hall until September, 1995.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the second division of the ancient Langoe Wapentake in the North Kesteven division of the county, in the parts of Kesteven.
- You can contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or legal issues, but they are NOT staffed to answer family history inquiries.
- For today's district governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard at the Lincoln South petty session hearings.
- In 1740, Sir Francis DASHWOOD left the interest on £10 for the poor.
- In that same year, Sir Richard ELLIS left the interest on £50 for the poor.
- The parish had four cottages for the poor in the village.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
287 |
| 1821 |
376 |
| 1831 |
445 |
| 1841 |
553 |
| 1851 |
510 |
| 1871 |
518 |
| 1881 |
628 |
| 1891 |
578 |
| 1901 |
482 |
| 1911 |
566 |
| 1921 |
553 |
- A Council School was built here in 1869. It could hold up to 100 students.
- The Nocton Primary School has a website with photos and school newsletters, but very little in the way of family history information.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 5-March-2015
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