Horkstow

The Barton-on-Humber Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

Chris MORGAN has a photograph of the Church Graveyard on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2019.

David WRIGHT has a photograph of some Tombstones in the churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2010.

• The parish was in the Barton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
   
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Maurice.
   
• The church has been dated to the early 12th Century, built supposedly by The Knights Templar.
   
• The church is built of brick and stone.
   
• The church interior was partially restored in 1868 and the exterior in 1895.
   
• The church is a Grade I structure with English Heritage.
   
• The church seats 190.
   
• There is a photograph of St. Maurice Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
   
• Here is a photo of St. Maurice's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1556.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• The Lincolnshire Archives hold the "Weslyean Methodist Accounts for Barton Circuit for 1862-1929".
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists and the Primitive Methodists both built chapels here prior to 1900. 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 Barton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
   
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

This village and parish are 4 miles south-west of Barton-on-Humber and 9 miles north of Glanford Brigg. The parish covers just over 2,000 acres. The parish is bounded on the west by the River Ancholme and to the south by Saxby All Saints parish.

The village sits along both sides of the B1204 arterial road and less than a mile east of the River Ancholme. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B1204 arterial road south from South Ferriby.
   
• John FIRTH has a photograph of the B1204 entering Horkstow on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2012.
   
• The road leading from Horkstow to the top of the Wold was/is called Piggery Hill by the locals as there were fields which were penned off into smaller enclosures, each with it's own hut for the pigs kept there. [Kevin R. SHUCKSMITH]
   
• Visit our touring page for more sources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• A 4th century Roman mosaic, part of the Horkstow Roman villa, was first discovered in 1797 in the grounds of Horkstow Hall. These can be viewed in the Hull and East Riding Museum in Kingston-upon-Hull.
   
• In 1756 artist George STUBBS stayed at Manor Farmhouse to pursue analytical examination and meticulous drawing of horse carcasses acquired from nearby tanneries.
   
• A suspension bridge was built from this parish over the River Ancholme in 1844.

• Horkstow Hall is the possible site of the monastery of Diamond Dale Priory
   
• Horkstow Hall was the former home to Rear-Admiral (later vice-admiral) Thomas SHIRLEY (1733–1814).
   
• Horkstow Hall was the residence of Calthrop Johnstone CALTHROP in 1900.
   
• David WRIGHT has a photograph of Horkstow Hall on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2006.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE986186 (Lat/Lon: 53.654965, -0.510006), Horkstow 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 Horkstow War Memorial was dedicated in 1920.
   
• The Horkstow Roll of Honour is a brass plaque mounted in the church. The photo is by David WRIGHT, taken in June, 2006.
   
• There is a very good photograph of the War Memorial Plaque at the Imperial War Museum site.

There are four sons of Horkstow listed on the War Memorial Plaque. Note: None of these men were found in the Commonwealth War Grave database, but deaths under the same names were found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City:

1. Frederick CARLISLE, private, Lincs. Regt., age 22, died 13 July 1917, Belgium.
2. Sidney CROWSON, private, 7th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, age 29. Death not found.
3. Jack DAVY, private, 2nd Linc. Regt, age 17, died 9 May 1915, Belgium.
4. George William NAYLOR, 15th Durham Light Inf., age 49, died 7 Apr. 1918, France.

The parish name appears in some records as "Horkston". This appears to be a what we would call a "typo".

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the North division of the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the Glanford district in the parts of Lindsey.
   
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Lindsey division of the county.
   
• For today's district governance, see the North Lincolnshire Council website.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Barton-on-Humber petty session hearings every other Monday.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	141
1821	200
1831	240
1841	228
1851	251
1871	250
1881	274
1891	243
1901	193
1911	207

• A National School was built here in 1858 to hold 60 children by Charles ANDERSON-PELHAM, 2nd Earl of Yarborough.
   
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.