Thorpe in the Fallows

• 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:

• The Anglican parish church was allowed to decay prior to 1842.

• There is no Anglican parish register. The parishioners attended church in Aisthorpe, where their records were recorded in that parish's register.
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index 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.

Thorpe in the Fallows is a small parish about 8 miles north of the city of Lincoln. Scampton parish lies to the south and Cammeringham parish to the north. The River Till passes through the western edge of the parish. The parish covers only about 850 acres.

Thorpe in the Fallows was, for many centuries, just four farms. There is no village as such. If you are planning a visit:

• Take the B1398 north out of Lincoln. Turn left onto the A1500 arterial road. The parish will be on your right just past Scampton.
• See our touring page for more sources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Thorpe in the Fallows to another place.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK916806 (Lat/Lon: 53.314421, -0.62654), Thorpe in the Fallows 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 parish is also known as "Thrope West" and "Thorpe-le-Fallows".

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
• The parish was in the 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 (Lindsey) petty sessions held on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month.
• As a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	56
1821	40
1831	62
1841	51
1851	56
1871	67
1891	39
1911	35

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