North Rauceby with South Rauceby, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire



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.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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