Fiskerton

• The parish was in the Home 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:
   

Census Year	Piece No.
1841	H.O. 107 / 633
1861	R.G. 9 / 2537
1871	R.G. 10 / 3369
1891	R.G. 12 / 2589

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Clement of Rome.
   
• Some parts of the structure date from the 11th century.
   
• The church was partially rebuilt in the 15th century.
   
• The church was restored in 1863.
   
• The church seats 220 people.
   
• The church is a Grade I listed building with British Heritage.
   
• Here is a photo of St. Clement Church, taken by (and copyright of) Wendy PARKINSON.
   

• Here is a photo of St. Clement of Rome Church, taken by (and copyright of) Ron COLE.
   

• And another view of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
   

• The Anglican parish register's entries date from 1539.
   
• The parish Bishop's Transcripts are missing for 1788-1792.
   
• The Lincolnshire Archives have register copies on fiche for bapt. 1539-1863; burials 1539-1906 and marriages 1539-1842.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1539 to 1812 and Marriages from 1539 to 1811.
   
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lawres Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built here in 1839. For information and assistance in researching this chapel, see our non-conformist religions page.
   
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
   

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

This parish is just 5 miles east of Lincoln parish and city and south of Reepham parish. The parish covers just over 2,800 acres.

The River Witham flows past the south side of the village. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A158 trunk road and follow the signs for Reepham. The village will be just south of Reepham.
   
• Check for bus service from the Linconshire Road Car Company of Lincoln.
   
• See our touring page for visitor services.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Fiskerton to another place.

• Fiskerton had a station on the Great Northern Railway known as "Five Mile House".
   
• In 1826, the vicar had inscribed in the parish register: "In 1826 the driest Summer known for the last 20 years conduit water taken from Lincoln to Boston = no rain from April Fair 28th to the 26th of June, the river was deepened this summer, packets [small cargo vessels] went to Boston by the drain [man-made water course to drain the fenlands]: prayer for rain during Hay harvest." [Liz DAVIES]
   
• David SMITH has a photograph of The Carpenters' Inn in High Street on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2018.
   

In 1885, Charles BRAMLEY, a farmer, resided in Fiskerton Hall.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF049722 (Lat/Lon: 53.236095, -0.429153), Fiskerton 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.

• The RAF opened an airfield here in early 1943.
   
• Initially, the field was a satellite airfield to "RAF Scampton".
   
• The Peenemude raid was launched from this airfield in August, 1943.
   
• The RAF closed the field in late 1945.
   
• Portions of the runways remain, but most of the structures are gone.
   
• The Royal Observer Corps used the facility from 1960 to 1992. Photographs of the Observer Corps and buildings give a better understanding of their work here.
   
• James THORNTON provides a photograph of Airfield Oil Wells on Geo-graph, taken in April 2006. Oil was discovered here in the late 1990s.

Click to see photographs of the Fiskerton War Memorial(s).

For a photograph of the Fiskerton Memorial Plaques in the church and a list of the names on them, see the Roll of Honour site.

• 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.
   
• The Fiskerton Parish Council welcomes your comments on civic and political issues, but is unable to do family history lookups for you.
   
• Robert VINCE has a photograph of the Village Hall on geo0graph, taken in June, 2018. Stop in when they are open and ask to see the schedule of forth-coming events. Village Halls often host speakers on local history.
   
• J. THOMAS also has a photograph of the Village Hall with cars! on geo0graph, taken in June, 2013.
   
• Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lincoln (Bail and Close) petty session hearings.
   
• In 1676, Robert HODGSON started a charity with the gift of 10 acres of land, which, with later contributions by others, grew to about £24, which was distributed each year to the poor as bread.
   
• Robert PARKINSON left 12 Shillings per year as a dole which was given as bread to the poor each St. Thomas' Day (December 21st).
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	270
1831	330
1841	410
1851	463
1871	515
1881	440
1891	423
1901	386
1911	399
1921	376

• In 1860, a National School was built, replacing the old parish school. This facility was enlarged in 1904 to hold 120 children.
   
• Robert VINCE has a photograph of School Close leading to the school on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2018.
   
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.