Hannah cum Hagnaby and Markby, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire



Parish History
The Ancient parish of St Andrew Hannah cum Hagnaby which included Hagnaby, Hagnaby Lock and  Markby.

In antiquity Hannah was known as Hannay. The church, located in Hannah, is dedicated to Saint Andrew and is a Grade I listed building, built of greenstone about 1758, with early 19th century, and some 20th century alterations.

Hagnaby Priory, later Hagnaby Abbey, was situated in Hagnaby.

This parish should not be confused with Hagnaby, Lincolnshire

Civil Registration
This parish was in the Withern sub-district of Louth 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 Hannah cum Hagnaby Par 1 will identify available images.

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection and

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Louth 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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