Whaplode, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes



Parish History
Whaplode St Mary is an Ancient Parish which includes West Whaplode, Whaplode Drove, Whaplode St John the Baptist, Saracen's Head, Dowsdale, East Whaplode, and Whaplode Washway within the parish boundary.

The church of St Mary was reputedly built in the 12th century.

The ecclesiastical parish of Whaplode Drove St John the Baptist was formed from this parish in 1902 from the chapelry whose registers date from 1713.

"WHAPLODE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Holbeach, wapentake of Elloe, parts of Holland, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (W.) from Holbeach; containing, with the chapelry of Whaplode-Drove, 2357 inhabitants. This parish, which is intersected in the northern part by the river Welland, comprises about 13,440 acres."

Civil Registration
This parish was in the Holbeach sub-district of Holbeach 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
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 Whaplode Par 1 and Whaplode Drove Par 1 will identify available images.

Material deposited at Lincolnshire Archives,

St Rumbold Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5AB England

Enquiries: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk The website enables you to view a PDF file for all records held for each parish as part of continuing efforts to provide an online catalogue.

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

Poor Law Unions
Holbeach 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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