Normanton, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire

Parish History
St Nicholas' Church, Normanton, is a redundant Anglican church in Normanton-on-Cliffe, Lincolnshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands beside the road between Grantham and Lincoln.

The church dates from the 11th century, with additions and alterations made during each of the following four centuries. Further changes were made in 1845 when the vestry was added, and the chancel and the north wall of the nave were largely rebuilt. The church was declared redundant in February 1974.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Normanton like this:

NORMANTON, a parish in Grantham district, Lincoln; 2¼ miles W of Ermine-street, 2¼ N N E of Honington r. station, and 7 N N E of Grantham. It has a post-office under Grantham. Acres, 1, 540. Real property, £2,040. Pop., 172. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. The manor and most of the land belong to Earl Brownlow. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £104. Patron, the Marquis of Bristol. The church is partly Norman; was recently restored; comprises aisles and chancel; and contains an old font. Charities, £5.

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
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Grantham 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

Web sites
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