Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire



Parish History
Sutton Bridge St Matthew is the only flintstone church in the county of Lincolnshire and was consecrated on 29 August 1843. The ecclesiastical parish was created from Sutton St Mary, Lincolnshire Ancient Parish. The ecclesiastical parish included the civil parish of Central Wingland, Norfolk

Within the Sutton Bridge parish the mission church of Guy's Head St Phillip Mission church was built in 1869.

The neighbouring parish of Terrington St Clement, Norfolk forms the county boundary across the River Nene from this parish.

Civil Registration
This parish was part of the Long Sutton sub-district of Holbeach 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
Long Sutton Sutton St Mary, Lincolnshire registers are needed for pre 1841 events for this location.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Holbeach 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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