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“BRINKHILL, a parish in the hundred of Hill, parts of Lindsey, in the county of Lincoln, 6 miles to the N. of Spilsby. It is situated near the Great Northern railway. Veins of marcasite occur in a bed of blue clay here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln, of the value of £137, in the patronage of R. Cracroft, Esq. The church is dedicated-to St. Philip. In the churchyard are remains of an old cross. The Wesleyans have a chapel in the village. The parochial charities produce £8 a year."
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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The Community Library at Alford has a local history archive that will prove useful in your research.
- The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- We have an extract of a small portion of the 1901 surname index which you are welcome to review or add to.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
YearPiece No. 1841 H.O. 107 / 629 1851 H.O. 107 / 2110 1861 R.G. 9 / 2377 1871 R.G. 10 / 3395 1891 R.G. 12 / 2605 1901 R.G. 13 / 3067
| Brinkhill, Methodist (Wesleyan) |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Philip (or Phillip).
- The church was rebuilt in 1857 of green sandstone and brick.
- The church seats 120.
- The church is a Grade II listed structure with British Heritage.
- There is a photograph of St. Philip's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Philip's Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1562.
- We have the beginning of a Parish Register extract in a pop-up text file. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here and rebuilt it in 1873. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Brinkhill is both a village and a parish in a picturesque valley, roughly 5 miles west of Alford and 7 miles north-west of Spilsby. The parish covers only about 875 acres.
- For bus, coach or train service, see our Transport page.
- For information on visiting, see the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
- We have an extract from John Marius Wilson's 1871 Directory entry for to this parish.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"BRINKHILL, a parish in the hundred of Hill, parts of Lindsey, in the county of Lincoln, 6 miles to the N. of Spilsby. It is situated near the Great Northern railway. Veins of marcasite occur in a bed of blue clay here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln, of the value of £137, in the patronage of R. Cracroft, Esq. The church is dedicated-to St. Philip. In the churchyard are remains of an old cross. The Wesleyans have a chapel in the village. The parochial charities produce £8 a year."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Brinkhill to another place.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF372736 (Lat/Lon: 53.241702, 0.054498), Brinkhill which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (or Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The parish is given in some 1900 directories as being in the South Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty session hearings.
- The poor of this parish have 7 acres of land provided by an unknown donor.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
- A School was built here in 1851 and enlarged in 1861. It took students from Brinkhill, Harrington and Bag Enderby parishes.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
- A School was built here in 1851 and enlarged in 1861. It took students from Brinkhill, Harrington and Bag Enderby parishes.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.