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"AISTHOPE, (or East Thorpe), a parish in the way of Lawress, in the county of Lincoln, 6 miles to the N.W. of Lincoln. It is situated on the Wolds, near the ancient British road called Ermine Street. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln, value with the vicarage of West Thorpe, which is annexed to it, £289, in the patronage of J. Milnes, Esq., who resides at Aisthorpe Hall. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2020
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- 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:
Census Year | Piece No. |
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1841 | H.O. 107 / 626 |
1861 | R.G. 9 / 2363 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3375 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2596 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter.
- The church was rebuilt in 1868.
- The church seats 150.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2012.
- Here is a photograph St. Peter Church supplied by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1593.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lawres Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- 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.
"Aisthorpe" is also known as "East Thorpe." This village and parish lies 6 miles north of the City of Lincoln. Brattleby parish is to the north. The parish covers about 800 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Check for bus service from the Linconshire Road Car Company of Lincoln.
- By automobile, take the B1138 arterial road north out of Lincoln for about 6 miles.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"AISTHOPE, (or East Thorpe), a parish in the way of Lawress, in the county of Lincoln, 6 miles to the N.W. of Lincoln. It is situated on the Wolds, near the ancient British road called Ermine Street. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln, value with the vicarage of West Thorpe, which is annexed to it, £289, in the patronage of J. Milnes, Esq., who resides at Aisthorpe Hall. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Aisthorpe to another place.
- Aisthorpe House was the residence of Robert Fawsitt EALAND in 1900.
- Aisthorpe Hall was the residence of Joseph BILLIAT in 1900.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK946802 (Lat/Lon: 53.3103, -0.581644), Aisthorpe 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 of Lincolnshire and became a 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.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lincoln South petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
Year Inhabitants 1801 71 1831 89 1841 82 1851 95 1871 110 1881 112 1891 108 1901 104 1911 76 1921 66 1931 78 1951 89
- A National School was built here in 1868 to hold up to 60 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
- Here is a photo of Aisthorpe School, taken by Debbie Shearwood (who retains the copyright):