Walkerith

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Coordinates: 53°25′39″N 0°48′58″W / 53.427435°N 0.816088°W

Walkerith
Walkerith Walkerith shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK787929
- London	135 mi (217 km) S
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GAINSBOROUGH
Postcode district	DN21
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Walkerith is a hamlet within the civil parish of East Stockwith, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Trent, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north-west from Gainsborough and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south from East Stockwith.

In 1885 Kelly's Directory recorded the village as a township within the ecclesiastical parish of East Stockwith, with its own ferry across the Trent, an area of 253 acres (1.02 km²), an 1881 population of 87, and a Wesleyan chapel built in 1834.^[1]^[2]^[3] Prior to 1866 Walkerwith was, for administrative purposes, a Township, afterwards a civil parish.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, pp. 662, 663
↑ Lincolnshire Parish Councils: West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.gov.uk; Pdf download required. Retrieved 20 April 2012
↑ Bartholomew, John; Gazetteer of the British Isles 1887
↑ "Walkerith CP/Tn", Great Britain Historical GBHGIS, University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 20 April 2012
↑ Youngs, F.; Local Administrative Units: Northern England; London: Royal Historical Society, 1991, p. 286.

External links

"Walkerith CP/Tn: Census Tables" Walkerwith Census data; Visionofbritain.org.uk 1881-1961; Retrieved 20 April 2012
"East Stockwith", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2012

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Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

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