Bilsby, Lincolnshire Genealogy

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Parish History
BILSBY (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Spilsby, Wold division of the hundred of Calceworth, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, ¾ of a mile (E. by N.) from Alford. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Bilsby Holy Trinity is an Ancient Parish which included Asfordby, Asserby (sometimes Aserby) Thurlby.

The church was built in the 15th century and is a grade II listed building by English Heritage.

The church is covered with stucco, and has an 18th century stone tower with brick battlements. The pulpit stem is the bole of a tree, with its steps cut from another. There is a memorial slab in the chancel to Sir John Byllesby, 1640, a prominent figure in his day, whose descendant, Major H.M. Byllesby (U. S. Air Service) largley aided a restoration of the church in 1918.

There was also an ancient church in the hamlet of Thurlby dedicated to St Mary the Virgin but this did not survive.

A Wesleyan chapel was built here, the wall plate of the building contains the date 1825.



Civil Registration
This parish was in the Alford sub-district of Spilsby 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 Bilsby Par 1 will identify available images.

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Spilsby 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.

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