Holton cum Beckering, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
Holton cum Beckering is a village and civil parish; the Ancient Parish of All Saints includes Beckering.

The church originated in the 13th and 14th centuries; was rebuilt in 1800 and restored in 1851, 1859-60 and 1870-1874 the later restorations by Sir George Gilbert Scott.

Beckering is said to have had an Ancient parish church but no remains of this have been found.

"HOLTON (All Saints), a parish, in the W. division of the wapentake of Wraggoe, parts of Lindsey, union and county of Lincoln, 2½ miles (N. N. W.) from Wragby; containing, with Beckering, 191 inhabitants, and consisting of 1800 acres by computation."

Civil Registration
This parish is in the North East sub-district of the Lincoln registration district

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Material deposited at Lincolnshire Archives,

St Rumbold Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5AB England

Enquiries: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk The website enables you to view a PDF file for all records held for each parish as part of continuing efforts to provide an online catalogue.

The digitisation of parish records for the county now offers images via the Lincs to the past website (July 2011). Use advanced search terms at Search Lincs to the past to search for available images for parish registers and other records for this parish with images. Advance search terms Holton Beckering Par 1 will identify available images.

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Lincoln Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lincolnshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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