Gunness with Burringham, Lincolnshire Genealogy

Guide to Gunness with Burringham, Lincolnshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



Parish History
Gunness with Burringham St John the Baptist is a former chapelry in West Halton, Lincolnshire which was formed on 15 October 1861 from the parishes of Bottesford, Lincolnshire Frodingham, Lincolnshire and Crosby,Lincolnshire

The Methodist chapel in Burringham was built in 1926.

Gunness is a small village on the east bank of the River Trent which is also referred to as Gunhouse, Lincolnshire.

The church is designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed bulding and was designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon and built 1856-1857.

Civil Registration
Glanford Brigg 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
It is worth the researcher considering the registers of Althorpe with Keadby, Lincolnshire due to the practice of worship there prior to the building of St John the Baptist.

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 Gunness with Burringham Par 1 will identify available images.

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue 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 FamilySearch Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Glanford Brigg 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