Toynton St. Peter

Census

• We have a page of surname entries in our Toynton St, Peter 1901 surname extract file. Your additions are welcome.
  
  
• 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. Peter.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1876-77.
  
  
• The church seats 220.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Peter's Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under "more Lincolnshire".
  
  
• Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1742.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire Archives hold: bapt. 1742-1926; Mar. 1742-1812; Bur. 1742-1837; BTs 1562-1837.
  
  
• There was a chapel for Wesleyan Methodists erected in 1844 in the parish. Out on the Fen, the Primitive methodists also had a chapel and day school. 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 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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Description and Travel

Toynton St. Peter is a village and a parish 2 miles south of Spilsby and eastsoutheast of Horncastle. Toynton All Saints parish lies to the west and Halton Holgate parish to the east. The parish covers about 1,600 acres.

The village lies just over a mile south of Spilsby. If you are considering a visit to the parish:

• By automobile, take the A16 trunk road south out of Spilsby or north out of Stickford.
  
  
• See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4063.
  
  
• 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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Military Records

For a photograph of the Toynton Saint Peter Rolls of Honour and the names on them, see the Roll of Honour site.

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the Eastern division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
  
  
• The parish had a fen allotment, but that was transferred to the new parish at Wildmore.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the South Lindsey division of the county, as does the 1913 version.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Various charities earned £5 and 16 shillings per year (1900), derived from garden allotments, for the poor.
  
  
• 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	245
1831	372
1871	419
1881	333
1891	262
1911	196

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Schools

• The parish school was at Toynton All Saints parish.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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