Cowbit, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
Cowbit (pronounced Cubbit in Lincolnshire) St Mary was originally a chapelry of Spalding, Lincolnshire Ancient Parish and includes Peekhill.

The church dates from the 14th century and was later extended and restored in 1882 and has been designated as a grade I listed building by English Heritage Search listed building

"COWBIT (St. Mary),a parish, in the union of Spalding, wapentake of Elloe, parts of Holland, county of Lincoln, 3½ miles (S. by E.) from Spalding; containing 664 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans."

Civil Registration
This parish was in the Spalding sub-district of Spalding 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
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 Cowbit Par 1 will identify available images.

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Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Spalding 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.

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