Bitchfield
- The parish was in the Colsterworth sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- In 1890, as a result of the Poor Law Union reorganisation, the parish was placed in the Grantham South sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2347 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3355 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2582 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalen.
- The church was built in the 10th century and enlarged in the 12th century.
- The church was restored in 1873.
- The church seats only about 100 people.
- There is a photograph of St. Mary Magdalen's Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under "Still more Lincolnshire".
- Here is a photograph St. Mary's Church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1674.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Beltisloe Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Colsterworth sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- In 1890, as a result of the Poor Law Union reorganisation, the parish was placed in the Grantham South sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
Bitchfield is a village and a parish on the River Glen, 3 miles north of Corby and 8 miles southeast of Grantham. The parish covered 1,357 acres.
If you are planning a visit, see:
- By automobile, take the A52 trunk road east out of Grantham and turn right (south) onto the B1176 arterial road. Bitchfield is about six miles along that road.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- Bitchfield House is a relatively modern manor house. In 1882 it was occupied by Mr. Joseph GRUMMITT.
- The national grid reference is SK 9828.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #247 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The name Bitchfield is from the Old English Bill's+feld, or "Bill's field". In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village is given as Billesfelt.
["A Dictionary of English Place-Names," A. D. Mills, Oxford University Press, 1991]
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Beltisloe Wapentake in the South Kesteven district and in the parts of Kesteven.
- Bitchfield was abolished as a Civil Parish in 1931 and the land incorporated in surrounding parishes.
- For today's district governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
95 |
| 1851 |
209 |
| 1861 |
159 |
| 1871 |
169 |
| 1881 |
167 |
| 1891 |
161 |
| 1901 |
101 |
| 1911 |
97 |
| 1921 |
95 |
- A School Board, of 7 members, was formed on 16 November, 1875. The "Bitchfield United District" covered Bassingthorpe, Bitchfield and Boothby Pagnall parishes.
- A Board School was built in 1877 to hold up to 70 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 5-September-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
