Ancaster, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire



Parish History
Ancaster St Martin is an Ancient Parish. The village of Ancaster occupies the site of the former Roman town of Causennae which was formed on the junction of the Roman roads of Ermine Street and King Street (the Roman road from Ailsworth to Ancaster via Bourne).

The Parish church dedication to St Martin is common on former Roman occupied sites in Britain. Martin was a former Roman soldier who converted to Christianity and went on to be Bishop of Tours.

The church occupies the site on Ermine Street of a former Roman Temple. The ecclesiastical parish and civil parish of Ancaster have differing boundaries. The civil parish includes Sudbrook and West Wiiloughby.

The ecclesiastical parish is linked with Wilsford, Lincolnshire in a group within the modern Diocese of Lincoln.

Ancaster was the subject of a memorable archaelogical dig by Time Team in 2002 which uncovered a cist bearing an inscription to the God Viridius. The dig also uncovered Iron Age to 3rd century pottery, a 1st century brooch and some of the Roman town wall.

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
Grantham 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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