Gosberton, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire

Parish History
Gosberton is an extensive fenland parish in the Diocese of Lincoln. The Ancient Parish church of St Peter and St Paul included Benlie, Cheal, Clough, Gosberton Cheal, Westhorpe, Righbolt, Rightbolt, Risegate, and Rigbolt.

The Church of St Gilbert and St Hugh Gosberton Clough serves the hamlets of Gosberton Clough and Gosberton Risegate.The timber and render church was originally built asa chapel of ease to the parish.

The united benefice of Gosbertonincluding Gosberton Clough and Quadring, Lincolnshire now serve the large village and surrounding agricultural area and hamlets.

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
Spalding 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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