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Harrington, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Harrington, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, 6 miles NW from Spilsby station on the G.N.R., and 5½ W from Alford. Post town, Spilsby; money order and telegraph office, Partney. Acreage, 1069; population of the civil parish, 101; of the ecclesiastical, with Brinkhill, 249. The manor with all the property belonged formerly to the Copledykes and the Amcottses, and belongs now to the Ingilby family. Harrington Hall is an Early Tudor mansion, altered by Vincent Amcotts in 1680 after his purchase of the manor from the heirs of Thomas Copledyke. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value,, £222 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1854, is in the Decorated English style, and contains several ancient and interesting monuments of the Copledykes and the Amcottses.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishHarrington St. Mary 
HundredHill 
Poor Law unionSpilsby 

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 Harrington:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1697-1911 1704-18371697-1910

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 Harrington from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Harrington are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictEast Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE23
Post TownSpilsby

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