East Barkwith

Census

• The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
  
  
• Check with Sheila Richards for East Barkwith Census transcriptions.
  
  
• 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 is dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin.
  
  
• The church was partially rebuilt in 1846 and further restored in 1868-69.
  
  
• The church seats 202.
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saint Mary's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1695.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports, perhaps erroneously, that the church is in the rural Deanery of Wraggoe.
  
  
• The Anglican church is currently part of The Barkwith Group of the West Wold Deanery.
  
  
• In the 1800's the Wesleyan Methodists and the Free Methodists each had chapels. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• There is a photograph of the Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Geo-graph taken by Richard CROFT.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

East Barkwith is both a village and a parish in the Wolds, 14 miles northeast of Lincoln and 8 miles northeast of Wragby. Panton parish lies to the south and West Torrington parish to the west. The parish covers about 1,000 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• East Barkwith village lies astride the old Louth Road (now the A157) to Wragby and Lincoln.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for visitor services.
  
  
• It's a SIGN! Patricia McCrory provides these village signs to welcome you to your ancestors' village:
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 1681.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Military History

• There is a joint war memorial shared by East Barkwith with West Barkwith. It is on the A157 junction in East Barkwith. It was unveiled in May, 1921.
  
  
• There is a photograph of the War Memorial at Geo-graph taken by Richard CROFT.
  
  

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Military Records

There is a list of the names from the memorial and other sources at the Roll of Honour site.

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the eastern edition of the ancient Wraggoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district and in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish is governed by a joint East and West Barkwith Parish Council, which you can contact regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to answer family history questions.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Wragby petty sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	157
1811	198
1821	195
1831	187
1841	255
1851	321
1871	342
1881	339
1891	323
1911	308
1991	331

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Schools

• A school was built here prior to 1900 for this parish and neighboring West Barkwith and East Torrington. The school could hold 100 children.
  
  
• There is a photograph of the old school at Geo-graph taken by Brian WESTLAKE.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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