Lincoln St Peter at Arches, Lincolnshire Genealogy

Guide to Lincoln St Peter at Arches, Lincolnshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Lincoln St Peter at Arches was built in 1724 by Lincoln Council for use in the council's civic services, and stood next to the Guildhall. The organ was built in the 19th century by Father Willis, who also built Lincoln Cathedral's present organ.

The church was demolished in the 20th century as part of urban redevelopment.

The present church of St Giles now houses much of the parish church contents including 8 bells from 1728 and the organ and was built in 1936 by W.G.Watkins.

Lincoln St. Peter at Arches lies within the boundary of Lincoln the Virgin Mary Cathedral (Ancient Parish). This Parish was functioning by at least the year 1561.

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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present d. 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 Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Lincolnshire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lincolnshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Poor Law Unions
Lincoln 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Lincoln/