Walcot(Folkingham), Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
Walcot St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish.

The mediaeval church is in the decorated style and has a tower with a crocketed spire.

The lands of Sempringham Priory included part of this parish.

Samel Lewis in his A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 432-436 refers to the parish.

"WALCOT (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Sleaford, wapentake of Aveland, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 1½ mile (N. W.) from Folkingham; containing 173 inhabitants."

Civil Registration
Walcot parish was in the Aswarby sub-district of Sleaford registration district from 1837-1890 when it transferred to the Leadenham sub-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&amp;nbsp; 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 Walcot(Folkingham) 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.

There are no links found in the Family History Library catalogue for this parish

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