Sudbrooke

Note: There is a Sudbrook hamlet (notice the missing final "e") in Ancaster parish.

Description and Travel

This village and parish is just 5 miles north-west of Lincoln parish and city and north of Reepham parish. It is a small parish, covering only about 900 acres.

The village of Sudbrooke is an outlying suburb of Lincoln, just off the old Roman Road which is now the A158 trunk road. If you are planning a visit:

• Check for bus service from the Lincolnshire Road Car Company of Lincoln.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the North East sub-district of the Lincoln 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. Edward the Confessor.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1860. Some fragments of the older late-Norman church have been preserved.
  
  
• The church only seats about 87.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Edward's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1579.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lawres Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms and Marriages from 1579 to 1812.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Manors

• Sudbrooke Holme, a brick mansion, was the residence and property of Mrs. Elizabeth ELLISON in 1871. The home was the former seat of the BERESFORD family.
  
  
• Sudbrooke Holme was the residence and property of Coningsby Charles SIBTHORP in 1900 and 1912.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 0376.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #272 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military Records

For a list of names on the war memorial plaque in the church, 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 ancient Lawress Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The ELLISON Trust Fund annually provided £20 to the poor of the parish.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
  
  
• In 1876 Mrs. Humphrey SIBTHORP left a legacy of £100 for the poor of the parish.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	86
1821	103
1841	81
1851	90
1871	68
1891	86
1911	85

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Schools

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

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