Epworth, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire



Parish History
Epworth St Andrew is an Ancient Parish in the market town in North Lincolnshire.

The church dates from the 12th century in part and the remainder from 14th and 15th century extensions. The chancel was partly destroyed in the 17th century and restored in 1868 by James Fowler of Louth. It has been designated as a grade I listed building by English Heritage.

Epworth is a town and civil parish in the Isle of Axholme in North Lincolnshire, noted for being the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, it has given its name to many institutions associated with Methodism. Their father, Samuel Wesley, was the rector from 1695 to 1735.

A statue commemorating John Wesley stands on Albion Hill close to the Old Rectory which is open to the public Epworth Old Rectory

Civil Registration
This parish was in the Epworth sub-district of Thorne(Yorkshire) 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
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 Epworth Par 1 will identify available images.The loss of earlier registers prior to 1710 were fire damaged.

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
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection. See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Thorne Poor Law Union, Yorkshire

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

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.