Newton by Folkingham, Lincolnshire Genealogy

Guide to Newton by Folkingham, Lincolnshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
NEWTON (St. Botolph), a parish, in the union of Sleaford, wapentake of Aveland, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 2¼ miles (N. W. by W.) from Falkingham.

Additional information:

Newton by Folkingham St Botolph is an Ancient Parish.

The present church replaced the predecessor, mentioned in the Domesday survey, in the 14th century and was restored in 1865. Subsequent disrepair necessitated restoration in the 1980's.

Newton is a hamlet situated in an agricultural area forming the Welby Estate.

Newton is in the Sleaford area and is near Falkingham in the wapentake of Aveland and was in the Sleaford Poor Law Union.

It should not be confused with Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire Newton by Toft, Lincolnshire in the county or diocese.

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Civil Registration
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.

The hamlet of Newton was part of the Aswarby sub-district of Bourne Registration District from 1837-1890 when in reorganised registration districts it was transferred to Leadenham sub-District.

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * 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
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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Newton/