Bishop Norton with Atterby, Lincolnshire Genealogy

Guide to Bishop Norton with Atterby, Lincolnshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
BISHOP NORTON (St. Peter), a parish, formerly in the union of Caistor, E. division of the wapentake of Aslacoe, West Riding of the parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 10 miles (W. N. W.) from Market-Rasen. The village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire are about 9 miles west of Market Rasen and neighbours the hamlet of Atterby. The ancient church of Bishop Norton St. Peter includes Atterby, Spittal in the Street and Crossholme within the boundary of the parish. There was a place of worship for Primitive Methodists and for Wesleyans. The church of St Peter has been designated a grade II* listed building by English Heritage. It is of a very ancient foundation. The current building dates from 1737 with 19th century extension and restoration. There are elements of the more ancient structures within the current building.

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Civil Registration
This parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of Caistor 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
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Church of England
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 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Lincolnshire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lincolnshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records
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

Websites
http://genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/BishopNorton/