Calcethorpe, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
Calcethorpe was an Ancient parish.

The church was dedicated to Saint Faith but had fallen into ruin and disappeared by about 1450, around the same time as the rest of the village was abandoned.White, W.. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire. P225 &amp; Bereford, M.W.. 1954. The Lost Villages of England. p.308

Lincs to the Past

The hamlet and Deserted Medieval Village form part of the civil parish of Calcethorpe with Kelstern.

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
The former church has no surviving records (see Lincs to the Past)

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Louth 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
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