Kirkby Laythorpe with Asgarby, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire

Parish History
Kirkby la Thorpe St Denis is an Ecclesiastical Parish formed by the amalagamation of two Ancient Parishes Kirkby la Thorpe and Asgarby in 1737.

The Ancient church of St peter Asgarby was demolished in the 1630's and the Norman church of St Denis served as parish church. It was restored in 1911-12.

Thorpe, Laythorpe and Burgh were each mediaeval village settlements which were abandoned.

The village is close to Sleaford and is a small village and civil parish.

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
Sleaford 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
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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