Gunby St Nicholas, Lincolnshire Genealogy

Guide to Gunby St Nicholas, Lincolnshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
STAINBY (St. Peter), a parish in the union of Grantham, wapentake of Beltisloe, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (W.) from Colsterworth.

GUNBY ST. NICHOLAS, a parish in Grantham district, Lincoln; on the SW verge of the county, 6 miles SW of Corby r. station, and 10 S of Grantham. Posttown, Colsterworth, under Grantham. Acres, 66s. Real property, £1, 669. Pop., 164. Houses, 34. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dysart. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Stainby, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church comprises nave and chancel, with later English tower. Charities. This parish should not be confused with Gunby St Peter, Lincolnshire elsewhere in the county and Diocese of Lincoln.

Gunby St Nicholas is an Ecclesiastical parish created in 1733 from Gunby Ancient Parish and Stainby Ancient parish.

It is located close to the borders with Leicestershire and Rutland, the closest town being Grantham although it is within 15 miles of Oakham, Rutland and Stamford. To the east is North Witham, Lincolnshire, to the north Stainby and to the west Sewstern, Leicestershire.

The village church is dedicated to St Nicholas. The village name is Scandinavian and means village of Gunnhildr. The full name of the village is Gunby St Nicholas.

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Civil Registration
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Church Records
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Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

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Census Records
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Poor Law Unions
Grantham 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.

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Websites
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