Crowle is an Ancient Parish mostly in Lincolnshire and partly in Yorkshire.
Status: Ancient Parish
Riding: West Riding
Parish church: St. Oswald
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1561
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598
Nonconformists include: Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists
Parishes adjacent to Crowle
- Adlingfleet
- Goole
- Thorne
- Swinefleet
- Althorpe with Keadby
- Belton
- Eastoft
- Epworth
- Hatfield
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CROWLE, a small town, a township, a parish, and a sub-district in the district of Thorne, and county of Lincoln. The town stands on the old river Don, adjacent to the Stainforth and Keadby canal, the Doncaster and Keadby railway, and the boundary with Yorkshire, 6¾ miles E by S of Thorne; has a station on the railway and a post office under Bawtry; is a seat of petty sessions; was formerly a market-town; and now has fairs on every alternate Monday from March till May, on the last Monday of May, and on 22 Nov. The township includes also Ealand; and bears the name of Crowle-with-Ealand. Real property, £13,575. Pop., 2,648. Houses, 633. The parish includes likewise the township of Eastoft. Acres, 7,350. Real property, £16,221. Pop., 3,182. Houses, 751. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £850. Patron, the Rev. W. Duncombe. The church is good; and there are chapels for Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. A school has £37 from endowment; and other charities £24. The sub-district includes also Althorpe parish. Acres, 12,810. Pop., 4,498. Houses, 994.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch Historical Records – Lincolnshire
FamilySearch Historical Records – Yorkshire
FamilySearch Catalog – Free
Cemeteries
Baptist Church – Crowle : monumental and memorial inscriptions Author: Garner, Stephen R.
Census
Census returns for Crowle, 1841-1891
Church history
Know your parish church : Crowle Author: Ramery, Don
Church Records
Brace’s transcripts, 1598-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Crowle (Lincolnshire)
Church records, 1598-1622 Author: Baptist Church (Lincolnshire)
Church registers, 1939-1942 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Fieldside, Crowle, Lincolnshire)
Computer printout of Crowle, Lincs., Eng
Voting registers
Register of persons entitled to vote … within the Thorne Polling district
Lincolnshire Archives & Family History Groups
North East Lincolnshire Archives
Lincolnshire
England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990
Lincolnshire Gravestone Photos
Lincolnshire Convicts Database
Gazetter & Directory of Lincolnshire
Kelly’s Directory of Lincolnshire 1909
Lincolnshire Police Roll of Honour
Records for England
Births and Baptism Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Marriage Records
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Death Records
England Death Records, 1998-2015
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Census
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales Census, 1911
Occupations
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
War and Conflict
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners’ Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
- Civil Registration District: Thorne
- Probate Court: Pre-1834 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Stow, Post-1833 – Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Manlake
- Poor Law Union: Thorne
- Hundred: Manley
- Province: Yorkshire: York; Lincolnshire: Canterbury