Great Sturton

Description and Travel

Great Sturton is both a parish and a "scattered" village 6 miles northwest of Horncastle and 16 miles east of Lincoln. Sotby parish is to the north and Baumber parish to the south. The parish covers almost 1,600 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A158 trunk road north out of Horncastle and turn north onto the B1225 arterial road. Great Sturton village will be about 2 miles up the road, to the left.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle 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 All Saints.
  
  
• The church seats about 90 people.
  
  
• There is a photograph of All Saints Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1656.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1833. For more on these chapels and their records, check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
  
  
• 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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History

• Sturton is supposed to have been a Roman station.
  
  
• The trace of a Roman Road lies at the north edge of the parish.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 2176.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• Great Sturton is listed in many archival records under its Latin name: "Sturton Magna".
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in the county of Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the North division of the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Common Land was enclosed here around 1776.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended schools in Hatton and Baumber.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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