Anwick

Description and Travel

This small village and parish are nearly 5 miles northeast of Sleaford, in a rural, agricultural area. Ewerby parish lies to the south and Ruskington parish to the northwest. The eastern part of the parish is bounded by the Car Dyke. The parish covers just under 2,000 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• Anwick lies off the A153 trunk road.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Sleaford sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Edith.
  
  
• The tower of the church has looked out over the Fens for 600 years. The church itself dates from the 13th century.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Edith's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photograph St. Edith Church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish registers exist from 1573.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lafford Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Sleaford sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 1150.
  
  
• An Ordnance Survey "Explorer 261" map will show detail of 2.5 inches to 1 mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• Anwick is from the Old English Amma+wic, meaning "village of Amma". It appears as Amuinc in the 1086 Domesday Book, and as Amewic in 1218.
  A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
  
  
• Many locals pronounce the name as "Annick".
  
  

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Names, Personal

• White's 1842 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BELLAMY, COLLISHAW, FAULKNER, Rev. HAZELWOOD, JACKSON, KING, Rev. LATHAM, LUNN, MILLER, OSGERBY, PASK, POGSON, PRIESTLEY, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, SUMNER, THOMPSON, WILKINSON and WINTER.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Flaxwell Wapentake in the North Kesteven district in the parts of Kesteven.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The common lands were enclosed here in 1791.
  
  
• The parish was entitled to send a poor man to Carr's Hospital in Sleaford.
  
  
• In 1684, William JOLLEY left some land to the poor. In 1794, that was exchanged for 2 acres which were let to nine cottagers.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Sleaford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Church of England School was built here in 1873 to hold 60 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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