Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
North Stoke and South with Easton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lincolnshire, created in 1776 from North Stoke Ancient Parish and South Stoke Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Easton

North Stoke a village referred to in the Domesday Book was cleared in 1841 to create the park at Stoke Rochford.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Stoke like this:

STOKE-SOUTH, a township and a parish in Grantham district, Lincoln. The township lies on the river Witham, 2 miles SSW of Great Ponton r. station, and 6 S of Grantham; is sometimes called Stoke-Rochford; and has a post-office, of that name, under Grantham. Real property, £1,414. Pop., 140. Houses, 32. The parish contains also North Stoke and Easton townships, and comprises 5,270 acres. Pop., 394. Houses, 83. The manor, with Stoke-Rochford Hall, belongs to Turnor, Esq. Easton Hall is the seat of Sir M. J. Cholmeley, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £785.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is Norman and early English, and was restored in 1847. Charities, £40. Stoke Rochford is part of the civil parish of Stoke Rochford and Easton.

The ecclesiastical parish is known by the same name, and is part of The Colsterworth Group in the Deanery of Beltisloe, Diocese of Lincoln. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and Saint Mary, and also serves as the parish church for Easton.

"STOKE, SOUTH (St. Andrew and St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Grantham, wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Colsterworth; containing, with the township of North Stoke, and the hamlet of Easton, 456 inhabitants, of whom 159 are in South Stoke township."

Civil Registration
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 Stoke Rochford Par 1 will identify available images.

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Census records
see Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Grantham 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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