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Authorpe, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Authorpe, a parish in Lincolnshire, on the Wolds, with a station on the G.N.R., 4½ miles NW of Alford. The post town is Louth, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 941; population, 119. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £180. The church, which was rebuilt in 1848, and repaired in 1884, is a small building of brick and stone. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishAuthorpe St. Margaret 
HundredLouth-Eske 
Poor Law unionLouth 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Authorpe:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1561-1910 1563-19111561-1911

The register dates from the year 1558.


Churches

Church of England

St. Margaret (parish church)

The church of St. Margaret is a small and plain edifice of brick and stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret containing one bell: it was rebuilt in 1848, and new roofed and improved in 1884, at a cost of upwards of £100: the church plate bears date 1680 and the font is of the 14th century: there are 90 sittings.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Authorpe from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Authorpe are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictEast Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN11
Post TownLouth

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