Waith, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Waith, a parish in Lincolnshire; 1 mile from Holton-le-Clay station on the G.N.R., and 6 miles S by E of Great Grimsby. Post town, Grimsby. Acreage, 751; population, 55. The manor belongs to the Haigh family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £90. The church was rebuilt in 1869, and is a small building in the Early English style.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Waith St. Martin | |
Poor Law union | Louth | |
Wapentake | Bradley-Haverstoe |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Waithe:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1716-1911 | 1767-1767 | 1733-1836 | 1718-1911 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Waith from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Waith (St. Martin))
Maps
Online maps of Waith are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: