Muckton

The Library at Louth will prove useful in your research.

• Michael PATTERSON has a photograph of the Lytchgate to the church graveyard on Geo-graph, taken in 2006.
   
• CHRIS ? also has a photograph of this lychgate on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.
   
• Chris ? has a photograph of an 18th century gravestone on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.
   

• The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth 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 / 640
1851	H.O. 107 / 2111
1861	R.G. 9 / 2382
1871	R.G. 10 / 3403
1891	R.G. 12 / 2608
1901	R.G. 13 / 3084

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Holy Trinity.
   
• It appears that some parts of the building are of Norman origin.
   
• The church was built of sandstone lined with chalk. It was rebuilt in 1878-9.
   
• It is a small church, seating only 90 people.
   
• The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in May, 1981. The building was demolished in October, 1982, and the site added to the adjacent churchyard.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1695.
   
• As of late 2004, the registers have not been deposited in the Lincs. Archives, nor have they been filmed by the LDS Family History Library. And copies of the Bishop's Transcripts have not been deposited either.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

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

Muckton is both a village and a parish 5 miles south-south-east from Louth in the Wold Hills of Lincolnshire. Burwell parish lies to the south-west. The parish covers just over 1,000 acres and includes the hamlet of Muckton Bottom just to the north.

From some points around the village, one can see the North Sea about 8 miles to the east. If you are planning a visit:

• Chris has a photograph of a portion of Fir Hill Quarry on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013. This Wildland Trust lies northwest of the village just past Muckton Bottom.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2015. You may wish to offer your services to create a more artistic and attractive sign when you are visiting.
   
• See our touring page for visitor services.

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• The Greenwich Prime meridian line passes through the parish.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF373815 (Lat/Lon: 53.312642, 0.059405), Muckton 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.

Chris has a photograph of the War Memorial Lych Gate on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013. The memorial honors Gilbert Walter WATSON

In the 1086 Domesday Book the parish is isted as "Muchetune".
 

• This place was an ancient parish of Lincolnshire and became a Civil Parish when those were incorporated.
   
• The parish has a small Parish Room for meetings. Chris ? has a photograph of this Parish Room on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013. Be careful because the ground can be soft and muddy after a rain.
   
• In August, 1882, this parish was enlarged by gaining a portion of Authorpe Civil Parish.
   
• The whole of the parish of Muckton has been amalgamated into Burwell Civil Parish.
   
• The parish was in the Wold Division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East 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 Louth Eske Petty Session Court every other Wednesday.
   
• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	91
1811	100
1831	118
1841	105
1871	88
1881	96
1891	98
1901	92
1911	103
1921	90
1931	71

• No school is recorded here in the Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire.
   
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.