Little Cawthorpe

Census

• The parish was in the Louth 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 St. Helen.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1861 of brick and stone.
  
  
• It is a small church, seating only about 60.
  
  
• The church was declared redundant in April, 1996, by the Diocese of Lincoln.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Helen's, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1679.
  
  
• We have the very beginning of a Parish Register Extract in a text file. It could benefit from your additions and any corrections.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here in 1848. The Free Methodists built a chapel here in 1872. 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 Louth 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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Description and Travel

This village and parish are just 3 miles southeast of Louth. Legbourne parish sits to the northeast and Haugham parish to the southwest. The parish covers about 460 acres and contains several natural springs.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A157 trunk road southeast out of Louth for about two miles. The village is just south of the roadway.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Manors

• The Manor House was once the seat of the MOTTRAM family. It was erected in 1673.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3585.
  
  
• 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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Names, Geographical

• Cawthorpe was formerly called Calthorpe or Calkthorpe.
  
  

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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 Marsh division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the ancient Louthesk Hundred.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The parish had the interest from £10, on deposit in a Louth savings bank, for distribution to the poor.
  
  
• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	98
1831	137
1841	196
1871	204
1881	167
1891	146
1901	140
1911	141
1921	131
1931	111

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Schools

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

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