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Louth Rural District was located in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 from Louth Rural Sanitary District. It did not include Municipal Borough of Louth although it was entirely surrounded by the rural district. Its boundaries changed little, losing the parish of Trusthorpe to the newly created Mablethorpe and Sutton Urban District in 1925 and ceding suburbs to Louth at various times, particularly in the mid 1930s. The rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974 and made part of the new East Lindsey District.
Parishes
Parish | Description | Duration | Notes
| Aby with Greenfield | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Alvingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Authorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Beesby in the Marsh | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | merged with Saleby with Thoresthorpe since 1974 to become Beesby with Saleby
| Belleau | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Binbrook | civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Biscathorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Brackenborough | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Burgh on Bain | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Burwell | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Calcethorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Castle Carlton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Claythorpe | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Conisholme | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Covenham St. Bartholomew | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Covenham St. Mary | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Donington on Bain | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| East Wykeham | extraparochial, parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Farforth cum Maidenwell | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Also includes the hamlets of Ruckland and Oxcombe. Has been the civil parish of Maidenwell since 1936.
| Fotherby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Fulstow | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Gayton le Marsh | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Gayton le Wold | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Grainsby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Grainthorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Great Carlton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Grimblethorpe | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Grimoldby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Hainton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Hallington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Hannah cum Hagnaby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Haugh | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Haugham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Holton le Clay | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Keddington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Kelstern | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Legbourne | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Little Carlton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Little Cawthorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Little Grimsby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Louth Park | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Ludborough | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Ludford | civil parish | 1936 - 1974 | established from Ludford Magna and Ludford Parva in 1936
| Ludford Magna | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1936 | became Ludford in 1936
| Ludford Parva | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1936 | became Ludford in 1936
| Mablethorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1896 |
| Maidenwell | civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Maltby le Marsh | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Manby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Marsh Chapel | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Muckton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| North Coates | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| North Cockerington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| North Elkington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| North Ormesby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| North Reston | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| North Somercotes | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| North Thoresby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Oxcombe | hamlet | 1894 - 1974 | see Farforth cum Maidenwell
| Raithby cum Maltby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Ruckland | hamlet | 1894 - 1974 | see Farforth cum Maidenwell
| Saleby with Thoresthorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | merged with Beesby in the Marsh since 1974 to become Beesby with Saleby
| Saltfleetby All Saints | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Saltfleetby St. Clement | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Saltfleetby St. Peter | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Skidbrooke with Saltfleetby Haven | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| South Cockerington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| South Elkington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| South Reston | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| South Somercotes | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| South Thoresby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| South Willingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Stenigot | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Stewton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Strubby with Woodthorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Swaby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Tathwell | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Tetney | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Theddlethorpe All Saints | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Theddlethorpe St. Helen | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Tothill | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Trusthorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1925 |
| Utterby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Waithe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Walmsgate | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Welton le Wold | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Withcall | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Withern with Stain | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Worlaby | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Wyham cum Cadeby | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Name variations for this parish have all been redirected here.
| Yarburgh | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
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Research Tips
Lincolnshire is very low-lying and land had to be drained for agriculture to be successful. The larger drainage channels, many of which are parallel to each other, became boundaries between parishes. Many parishes are long and thin for this reason.
There is much fenland in Lincolnshire, particularly in the Boston and Horncastle areas. Fenlands tended to be extraparochial before the mid 1850s, and although many sections were identified with names and given the title "civil parish", little information has been found about them. Many appear to be abolished in 1906, but the parish which adopts them is not given in A Vision of Britain through Time. Note the WR category Lincolnshire Fenland Settlements which is an attempt to organize them into one list.
From 1889 until 1974 Lincolnshire was divided into three administrative counties: Parts of Holland, Parts of Kesteven and Parts of Lindsey. These formal names do not fit with modern grammatical usage, but that is what they were, nonetheless. In 1974 the northern section of Lindsey, along with the East Riding of Yorkshire, became the short-lived county of Humberside. In 1996 Humberside was abolished and the area previously in Lincolnshire was made into the two "unitary authorities" of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The remainder of Lincolnshire was divided into "non-metropolitan districts" or "district municipalities" in 1974. Towns, villages and parishes are all listed under Lincolnshire, but the present-day districts are also given so that places in this large county can more easily be located and linked to their wider neighbourhoods. See the WR placepage Lincolnshire, England and the smaller divisions for further explanation.
- Maps provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time show all the parishes and many villages and hamlets. (Small local reorganization of parishes took place in the 1930s led to differences between the latter two maps.):
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- FindMyPast now has a large collection of Lincolnshire baptisms, banns, marriages and burials now available to search by name, year, place and parent's names. This is a pay website. (blog dated 16 Sep 2016)
- GENUKI's page on Lincolnshire's Archive Service gives addresses, phone numbers, webpages for all archive offices, museums and libraries in Lincolnshire which may store old records and also presents a list entitled "Hints for the new researcher" which may include details of which you are not aware. These suggestions are becoming more and more outdated, but there's no telling what may be expected in a small library.
- GENUKI also has pages of information on individual parishes, particularly ecclesiastical parishes. The author may just come up with morsels not supplied in other internet-available sources.
- Deceased Online now has records for 11 cemeteries and two crematoria in Lincolnshire. This includes Grimsby's Scartho Road cemetery, Scartho Road crematorium, and Cleethorpes cemetery, council records for the City of Lincoln and Gainsborough, and older church records from The National Archives for St Michael's in Stamford, and St Mark's in Lincoln, dating back to 1707. This is a pay website.
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