Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes



Parish History
Tydd St Mary is an Ancient Parish; Tydd Gote is also within the parish boundary. The parish forms the county boundary with neighbouring parish of Tydd St Giles, Cambridgeshire.

The church of St Mary has parts of the building dating from 1200.

There were 2 Methodists chapels in this parish; Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Tydd St Mary and Primitive methodists at Tydd Gote.

"TYDD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Holbech, wapentake of Elloe, parts of Holland, county of Lincoln, 6 miles (N. by W.) from Wisbech; containing 920 inhabitants."

Civil Registration
This parish was part of the Long Sutton sub-district of Holbeach 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
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 Tydd St Mary 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
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Holbeach 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
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.