Gayton le Wold

Description and Travel

Gayton le Wold is a parish on the River Bain, situate between Louth and Burgh on Bain, 20 miles west of Lincoln. The parish is in the Wold Hills and covers about 1,160 acres.

Gayton le Wold, as a village, is too small to appear on most small scale (large area) maps. If you are planning a visit:

• By car, take the A157 northeast out of Wragby toward Louth. Just east of Burgh on Bain turn south. About a mile south of Burgh on Bain and you are in Gayton le Wold parish.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Binbrook sub-district of the Louth 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 is dedicated to Saint Peter.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1775 and is built of brick.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1888.
  
  
• The church seats only about 60 people.
  
  
• Grimblethorpe was an extra-parochial patch of 632 acres of land. It became a civil parish in 1857, but remained an extra-parochial ecclesiastical parish. The residents of this land attended church in Gayton le Wold.
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saint Peter's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1777.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The United Methodists (later Free Methodists) built a chapel here in 1854. The Wesleyan Methodists built one in 1869. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Manors

• Grimblethorpe Hall is about 3 miles SE of Ludford and about 6 miles west of Louth. The hall bears the arms of the MADDISON family.
  
  
• There is a Gayton Manor mentioned in Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire, but not described. It is the residence of Robert R. KIRKHAM at that time.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 2385.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #282 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's 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 Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Burgh-on-Bain.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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