Horkstow

Census

• The parish was in the Barton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg 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. Maurice.
  
  
• The church is built of brick and stone.
  
  
• The church interior was partially restored in 1868 and the exterior in 1895.
  
  
• The church seats 190.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Maurice Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Maurice's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1556.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists and the Primitive Methodists both built chapels here prior to 1900. 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 Barton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg 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

This village and parish are 4 miles southwest of Barton-on-Humber and 9 miles north of Glanford Brigg. The parish covers just over 2,000 acres. The parish is bounded on the west by the River Ancholme and to the south by Saxby All Saints parish.

The village sits along both sides of the B1204 arterial road and less than a mile east of the River Ancholme. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B1204 arterial road south from South Ferriby.
  
  
• The road leading from Horkstow to the top of the Wold was/is called Piggery Hill by the locals as there were fields which were penned off into smaller enclosures, each with it's own hut for the pigs kept there. [Kevin R. Shucksmith]
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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History

• Roman pavement and Roman coins have been found in the parish.
  
  
• A suspension bridge was built from this parish over the River Ancholme in 1844.
  
  

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Manors

• Horkstow Hall was the residence of Calthrop Johnstone CALTHROP in 1900.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SE 9818.
  
  
• 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 North division of the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the Glanford district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the North Lincolnshire Council website.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Barton-on-Humber petty sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	141
1821	200
1831	240
1841	228
1881	274
1891	243
1901	193
1911	207

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Schools

• A National School was built here in 1858 to hold 60 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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