Bishop Norton with Atterby, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
BISHOP'S (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Caistor, E. division of the wapentake of Aslacoe, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 10 miles (W. N. W.) from Market-Rasen. The village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire are about 9 miles west of Market Rasen and neighbours the town of Atterbury. The ancient church of Bishop Norton St. Peter included Atterbury, Spittal in the Street and Crossholme within the boundary of the parish. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

The church of St Peter has been designated a grade II* listed building by English Heritage and dates from 1737 with 19th century extension and restoration.

Civil Registration
This parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of Caistor 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
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

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 Bishop Norton Par 1 will identify available images.

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection with

Census records
Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Caistor 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
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