GENUKI: West Rasen, LIN

West Rasen

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:

Census Year	Piece No.
1891	R.G. 12 / 2623

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
The church is of Norman origin (some Saxon arches exist) and was partly rebuilt in 1829. Additional repairs followed in 1870.
The church seats about 120.
A photograph of All Saints Church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):

All Saints Church

Thes parish register dates from 1683.
The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
The church has, during eclessiastical boundary changes, been part of the West Walshcroft rural Deanery.
The parish had a small Catholic school chapel, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary. It was served from Market Rasen. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

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.

This village and parish are 3 miles west of Market Rasen parish. The parish covers about 3,180 acres.

The village is on the River Rase. If you are planning a visit:

The parish has a 14th century horse-bridge of three arches across the Rase River.

The national grid reference is TF 0689.
You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
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The parish was in the ancient Walshcroft Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
In Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire, the parish was listed, perhaps erroneously, as being in the East Lindsey district.

The children of this parish attended schools in Newton and Osgodby.
A National School existed here in 1871, but that building was replaced in 1875 with a new one. The new school appears to have closed around 1880.
A Catholic school was built here in 1872 to accomodate 50 children.
See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.

[Last updated: 23-May-2008 - Louis R. Mills]