Wroot, Lincolnshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Wroot St Pancras is an Ancient Parish in North Lincolnshire. It is the most western parish in the county and its boundary froms part of the county boundary with both Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.

The rector of Wroot Samuel Wesley was assisted by his son John Wesley a curate 1727-1729; the village sign commemorates this and includes a portrait of John.

The church was rebuilt in 1879 on the site of the earlier church. The village also had a Weslyan chapel, built in 1870, and a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1867.



Wroot is a village and civil parish in the Isle of Axholme and for local government purposes is in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire.

"WROOT (St. Pancras), a parish, in the union of Thorne, W. division of the wapentake of Manley, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 8 miles (N. E. by N.) from Bawtry; containing 335 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans."

Civil Registration
This parish was in the Epworth sub-district of Thorne (Yorkshire) registration district.registration district

Registers are now held at North Lincolnshire The Register Office 92 Oswald Road Scunthorpe DN15 7PA 01724 843915. registrars@northlincs.gov.uk

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 Wroot 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
Thorne Poor Law Union, Yorkshire

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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