Lincolnshire, England Genealogy

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County Information
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a maritime county located in the East of England.

"LINCOLNSHIRE, or LINCS, a maritime county on the E of England. It is bounded on the N and NE, by the Humber, which separates it from Yorkshire; on the E, by the German ocean; on the SE, for about 3 miles, by Norfolk; on the S, by Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire; on the SW, by Rutlandshire; on the W, by Leicestershire and Notts; and on the NW, by Yorkshire.

"Lincolnshire contains 620 parishes, part of another parish, and 43 extra-parochial places. It is divided into the Parts of Holland, Kesteven, and Lindsey, each containing several wapentakes... It is divided again, for parliamentary representation, into North and South, the former consisting of the Parts of Lindsey, the latter of the Parts of Kesteven and the Parts of Holland...

"The places of worship within the electoral county, in 1851, were 657 of the Church of England, 38 of Independents, 22 of Particular Baptists, 3 of General Baptists, 31 of New Connexion General Baptists, 6 of undefined Baptists, 9 of Quakers, 1 of Lady Huntingdon's Connexion, 462 of Wesleyan Methodists, 6 of New Connexion Methodists, 221 of Primitive Methodists, 14 of Wesleyan Reformers, 5 of Unitarians, 8 of isolated congregations, 5 of Latter Day Saints, and 13 of Roman Catholics. (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72).  You can read the full account online at Vision of Britain).

Parishes
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Lincolnshire.

Civil Registration Districts
List of Lincolnshire Civil Registration Districts

Websites

 * RootsChat Lincolnshire Resources and help pages. (Free)
 * Mary's Genealogy Treasures covers multiple topics
 * Online Genealogical Index


 * Lincs to the Past - Lincolnshire County historical website