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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Kingerby

Census

• The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Peter.
  
  
• The church dates back to the reign of King Stephen. It houses several Roman swords and artifacts which have been found in the parish.
  
  
• The north aisle of the church appears to have been removed in the 14th century.
  
  
• The church seats about 80 people.
  
  
• The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in October, 1980.
  
  
• A photograph of St. Peter's Church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Peter's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1765 for baptisms and burials, from 1776 for marriages.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• In Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire, the parish was listed as part of the Walshcroft rural deanery.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built in the hamlet of Bishop Bridge. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Kingerby is a small parish and village about 5 miles northwest of Market Rasen and due north of West Rasen. At the west end of the parish is a chalybeate spring or spa. The hamlet of Bishop Bridge is 1.5 miles southwest of Kingerby village and is part of the parish. The parish covers about 1,450 acres.

The village sits along a small rivulet that feeds into the River Ancholme. If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Manors

• Kingerby House stood on an artifical mound with a double moat, supposedly a former Roman Encampment site or a seat of the Knights Templar. The manor house was rebuilt in 1812. The house was a noted hiding place for Romanist (Catholic) priests and laymen.
  
  
• Kingerby House was unoccupied in 1900.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 0592.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village is given as Kinnarby.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the North division of the ancient Walshcroft Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey in the 19th century.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the East Lindsey division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In 1676, Thomas BELL, apothecary of London, founded an alsmhouse here for six poor people of Kingerby, Osgodby and Claxby.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The parish was included in the Kirkby-cum-Osgodby United School District, formed in October, 1876.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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