Alkborough, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire



Parish History
Alkborough St John the Baptist is an Ancient Parish which includes Walcot and overlooks the confluence of the rivers Trent and Ouse in the Humber estuary.

The church dates from the 11th century with additions in subsequent centuries and rebuilding in 1887 and has been designated as grade I listed buliding by English Heritage Listed Building

The village and civil parish of Alkborough and Walcot is in the North Lincolnshire district.Alkborough Wikipedia

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
Search the Family History Library 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 Alkborough Par 1 will identify available images.

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
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

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