Holton le Moor, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire



Parish History
"HOLTON-LE-MOOR, a parish, in the union of Caistor, N. division of the wapentake of Walshcroft, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 3½ miles (S. W.) from Caistor; containing 160 inhabitants. It comprises 1812 acres, of which 453 are waste or common; some of the most sterile parts have been covered with plantations. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4. 18. 4., and until lately, for a long period, annexed to the living of Caistor. The church is a small edifice."

From: 'Holtby - Holy-Island', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 537-539. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51040 Date accessed: 06 April 2012.

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
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 Holton le Moor Par 1 will identify available images.

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

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Caistor 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Reference
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