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, north-west from Gainsborough and south from East Stockwith.
The name 'Walkerith' derives from the Old English for 'landing place of a fuller'.
Walkerith is recorded in the 1872 White's Directory as a small village and township in the Soke of Kirton, with a population of 80 in of land. Trades listed included a boat builder, the licensed victualler of the Ferry Hotel, and four farmers.White, William (1872), Whites Directory of Lincolnshire, p.316
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 , an 1881 population of 87, and a Wesleyan chapel built in 1834.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, pp. 662, 663Lincolnshire Parish Councils: West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.gov.uk; Pdf download required. Retrieved 20 April 2012Bartholomew, John; Gazetteer of the British Isles 1887 Prior to 1866 Walkerwith was, for administrative purposes, a township, afterwards a civil parish."Walkerith CP/Tn", Great Britain Historical GBHGIS, University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 20 April 2012Youngs, F.; Local Administrative Units: Northern England; London: Royal Historical Society, 1991, p. 286.
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"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