North Rauceby with South Rauceby, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
North Rauceby St Peter is an Ecclesiastical Parish which was formed in the 17th century by uniting the earlier North Rauceby and South Rauceby Ancient Parishes.

The church was built in the 12th century of local Ancaster stone and has undergone additions and restoration in subsequent centuries including the 1853 rebuilding.

South Rauceby St James was demolished before 1640 and no trace of it is reported in the Victorian period. One of many Ancient parishes to be lost following the Reformation.

"RAUCEBY, NORTH and SOUTH (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Sleaford, wapentake of Flaxwell, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 3½ miles (W.) from Sleaford; containing 621 inhabitants, of whom 270 are in North Rauceby. North and South Rauceby are about half a mile apart."

Civil Registration
This parish was in the leadenham sub district of Sleaford 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
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 North and South Rauceby Par 1 will identify available images.

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.

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

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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