England GenWeb Project - Lincolnshire, Carrington

Carrington

This village and parish sit in the Fenland, just 7 miles north of Boston and east of Coningsby. The parish covers about 3,575 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

Take the B1183 trunk road north out of Boston. Carrington village is about a mile beyond Frithville.
See our touring page for visitor services.

Census Year	Piece No.
1861	R.G. 9 / 2334

Carrington was formed as an ecclesiastical parish with Frithville in 1886.
The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Paul. The chapel and cemetery were consecrated in 1818 under the "Fen Chapel Act". St. Paul's was built in 1826 of brick in the late Perpendicular style.
The church seats just over 200.
Here is a photo of the church, taken by (and copyright of) Norma Clare.

Carrington St. Paul parish church

Here are two photographs of the church, supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright). The second gives a detail of the roof:

Carrington St. Paul parish church

The parish register dates from 1818, when the church was dedicated, and it includes entries for Westville hamlet.
The Family History Library in Utah has on microfilm the register marriages for 1837-1960 and Bishop's transcripts for baptisms, marriages and burials for 1818-1859.
As of 4th Nov 2004, the parish register above had not been deposited with the Lincolnshire Archives.
The LFHS has published several indexes for the Holland East Deanery to make your search easier. In the early 1900s, the parish was in the North Holland Deanery.
Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

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

The national grid reference is TF 3154.
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.

The parish was in the East division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
Parish boundaries were changed on 24 December, 1880, when Miningsby Fen Allotment, Asgarby Fen Allotment, a detached part of Revesby, a detached part of Bosten Fen Allotment and a detached part of Bolingbroke parish were transferred to Carrington parish.

As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Boston Poor Law Union.

The parish joined the West Fen United School district when it was formed in January of 1879. The district included Frithville and Westville parishes.
The above district board built Medlam School (properly known as Carrington School) in 1880 to hold 170 children. 1900 attendance was only 90.
For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.

Last updated on 18-June-2008
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