Harrington

Description and Travel

Harrington is both a village and a parish. It is located 6 miles west of Alford and 8 miles east-north-east of Horncastle. The parish covers about 1,065 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby 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 St. Mary.
  
  
• The church is a building of Somersby sandstone and Ancaster stone. It replaced an earlier church built in the parish. This new church appears to date from the 13th century.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1854-5.
  
  
• The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
  
  
• The church seats 120.
  
  
• Rod Collins has more church history at his web site.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Mary's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• And another photograph of St. Mary's Church on the Flickr web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The parish register dates from 1697.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the rural deanery of South Hill.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• There is a photograph of a monument in St. Mary's Church on the Flickr web site.
  
  
• A rather sad epitaph, marking the end of a family line, is in Harrington. It is to Thomas COPLEDIKE who died childless, in spite of two marriages, in 1658 aged 72.
  
  

"Of ancient stock here lies ye last and best
Who hath attained to his eternal rest.
This monument bespeakes not him alone
It saith the familie with him is gone.
But heaven receiveth saints. They'r happy then
Which live as saints, although they die like men."

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Civil Registration

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

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Manors

• Harrington Hall was built by a member of the COPPLEDIKE family in the reign of Henry VII or Henry VIII. The date of 1681 appears on the weather vane, although a date of 1575 appears on one of the beams.
  
  
• In 1832, Alfred Lord Tennyson visited Harrington Hall. In 1855 he wrote a poem entitled "Maud" which was inspired by spending time in the walled garden of the hall.
  
  
• The hall was damaged by a fire in 1991.
  
  
• The hall is a Grade I listed building with British Heritage.
  
  
• There is a nice photograph of Harrington Hall on the "Pictures of England" web site.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3671.
  
  
• 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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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 ancient Hill Wapentake (or Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• 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 Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	59
1831	70
1871	133
1881	123
1891	101
1911	94

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Schools

• The children of this parish attend school at Brinkhill parish.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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