Byard's Leap, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
"BAYARD LEAP, an extra-parochial tract in Sleaford district, Lincoln; 5½ miles NW of Sleaford. Pop., 18. Houses, 3."

Byard's Leap is an extra parochial place and a small hamlet to the west of Cranwell, Lincolnshire and the Royal Air Force College there.

The Lands of Byard's Leap were part of the Knights Templar estate at Temple Bruer which was used both as a source of income and as a military training ground by the order.

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
Link to the Family History Library Cataloguw showing the film numbers in their collection for this extra parochial place

Poor Law Unions
Sleaford 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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