Orford, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Extra-Parochial District History
"ORFORTH, an extra-parochial district, in the union of Louth, S. division of the wapentake of Walshcroft, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln; containing 22 inhabitants, and comprising about 1000 acres."

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
Orford is an extra parochial place

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

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Louth 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Reference
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