Cranwell, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
CRANWELL (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Sleaford, hundred of Flaxwell, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 4 miles (N. W.) from Sleaford. It is situated about half a mile west of the great north road. The present church is Norman and dates from about the 10th century with subsequent restoration as recently as 1904. A Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist chapel were also in the village.

The civil parish of Cranwell and Byard's Leap is under four miles from Sleaford and includes RAF Cranwell which is the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. The airfields (the older Northern airfield dates from 1917) and is for light aircraft and gliders whilst the Southern paved runways is used for fast jets and the two paved runways were introduced in 1954 to accommodate the Meteor and Vampire jet squadrons.

The churchyard of St Andrew contains over 200 Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves.



Civil Registration
This parish was in the Leadenham 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 Cranwell 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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