Horncastle Soke

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Horncastle Soke, shown within Lindsey, Lincolnshire

Horncastle Soke is a wapentake in the Parts of Lindsey, the northern division of Lincolnshire. It had a population of 14,323 in 2011. It is bounded by Gartree Wapentake to the west; by Hill Hundred to the north-east; by Bolingbroke Soke to the south-east; and by Kirton Wapentake in Holland to the south. There is also a short border with Langoe wapentake to the south-west.

It comprises the following ancient parishes:

*: These townships do not form part of any ancient parish.
: Partly in Gartree wapentake.

Wapentakes of Lincolnshire

Holland: Elloe • Kirton • Skirbeck • Kesteven: Aswardhurn • Aveland • Beltisloe • Boothby Graffoe • Flaxwell • Grantham Soke • Langoe • Loveden • Ness • Winnibriggs and Threo • Lindsey: West Riding: Aslacoe • Corringham • Manley • Lawress • Well • North Riding: Bradley Haverstoe • Ludborough • Walshcroft • Yarborough • South Riding: Bolingbroke • Calceworth • Candleshoe • Gartree • Hill • Horncastle • Louth Eske • Wraggoe