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“MID-VILLE, a parochial township in the E. division of the hundred of Bolingbroke, parts of Lindsey, county Lincoln, 10 miles N.E. of Boston, its post town, and 4 E. of New Bolingbroke. The township was rendered independent of any parish by Act of Parliament in 1812, on occasion of an extensive drainage of the fen lands. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lincoln, value £81, in the patronage of trustees. The church is a brick structure with a bell turret."
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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- 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:
Census Year | Piece No. |
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1841 | H.O. 107 / 640 |
1851 | H.O. 107 / 2109 |
1861 | R.G. 9 / 2372 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3387 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2601 |
- The parish church was built in the Georgian period of brick.
- The parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
- The church was erected in 1819-20.
- The church seats 80 people.
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by (and copyright of) Norma CLARE.
![image](/sites/default/files/media/images/big/eng/LIN/Midville/midville_stpeter.jpg)
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
![image](/sites/default/files/media/images/big/eng/LIN/Midville/midville_st_peter.jpg)
- The parish register dates from 1821.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- 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.
Midville is both a village and a parish in the Fens, 6 miles south of Spilsby and 10 miles north of Boston. Stickford parish lies to the north, Stickney parish to the west and East Fen parish to the south. The parish covers about 2,600 acres.
Midville village is on a road that runs from Stickney east to Friskney, and it lies between the Hobhole and Catchwater drains. If you are planning a visit:
- Check out our touring page.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Midville to another place.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF381571 (Lat/Lon: 53.092839, 0.061197), Midville 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.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of a Pillbox near Midville on Traces of War.
- In March of 1885, this former township was consolidated into the chapelry of Eastville with Midville.
- The parish was in the East division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The parish has also been listed as being in the Bolingbroke Soke.
- In some 20th century directories, the parish has been listed, perhaps erroneously, as being in the South Lindsey district of the county.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spilsby petty session hearings every other Monday.
- There is no evidence of a school here before 1901.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.