Bassingham, Lincolnshire Genealogy

Guide to Bassingham, Lincolnshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Bassingham is a village and civil parish about midway between Newark and Lincoln.

Bassingham St Michael is an Ancient Parish; the church parts of which are 10th century had its tower rebuilt twice both in 1782 and 1887. The church was restored in 1860.



The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1839 and chapels for Primitive methodists and Reformed Methodists were also built. A Salvation Army Mission Hall was also within the large village.

BASSINGHAM (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Newark, Lower division of the wapentake of Boothby-Graffo, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 8 miles (E. N. E.) from Newark, and 9 miles (S. W. by S.) from Lincoln. There are two places of worship for Wesleyans, and one for Primitive Methodists.

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Civil Registration
This parish was in the eponymous Bassingham sub-district of Newark registration district. This parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district Following re-organisation of local government historical registration was transferred to Lincolnshire. Certificates can be obtained from: Lincolnshire Certificate Applications PO Box 760 Lincoln LN2 5WG Phone: 01522 782244 Email: regist@lincolnshire.gov.uk 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 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
Newark Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire

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

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