Dembleby, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
Dembleby is an Ancient parish, there are references to the hamlet in the Domesday survey and the woodlands of Dembleby Downs are within the parish.

Dembleby is a hamlet within the civil parish of Aunsby and Dembleby.

The present church of St Lucia was consecrated in 1868 and replaced the former Norman church, which was on a different site.

The modern parish is part of the South Lafford group of churches.

"DEMBLEBY (St. Lucia), a parish, in the union of Sleaford, wapentake of Aswardhurn, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 6 miles (N. W. by W.) from Folkingham; containing 58 inhabitants."

Civil Registration
This parish is in the Sleaford Sub-district of Sleaford 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 Dembleby 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
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
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