Stickford

Description and Travel

Stickford is a village and a parish between Boston and Spilsby. The parish covers about 2,320 acres, but was once much smaller.

The village sits astride the old Spilsby to Boston road. A stream runs through the east end of the village, flowing south to Boston. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A16 trunk road southwest out of Spilsby for about 6 miles.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Stickney 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 was dedicated to St. Helen.
  
  
• The church dates back at least as far as the 15th Century. The church was thoroughly restored in 1881.
  
  
• The church seats about 300.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Helen's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of the church, taken by (and copyright of) Norma Clare.
  
  

• Here is a photo of Saint Helen's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish church register dates from 1662.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• There were Wesleyan Methodist and Primitive Methodist chapels in the parish. For more on researching these chapel records, 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 Stickney 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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History

• Purchase a copy of "Thriving in the Fen: A History of Stickford", Stickford Local History Group, 2002, 96 pages. ISBN: 095422650X.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3560.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey #261 Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military History

A trace of World War II remains! Here is a photograph of a Pill Box left over from the conflict.

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Military Records

For a photograph of the Stickford War Memorial and Rolls of Honour and the names on them, see the Roll of Honour site.

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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 West division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• As boundaries have shifted, the parish has also been recorded as in the South Lindsey district.
  
  
• The parish is also in the Soke of Bolingbroke.
  
  
• In December, 1880, the parish gained land from Lusby, West Keal and Spilsby Civil Parishes.
  
  
• 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	253
1831	425
1841	426
1871	389
1881	478
1891	413
1911	443

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Schools

• The Council School, formerly The National School, was erected in 1846. New school facilities were built in 1909.
  
  
• A School Board was formed in Sept. 1872.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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Societies

• The Stickford Local History Society serves the area.
  
  

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