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Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Bassingham, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The parish lies on the river Witham, 4 miles S of Swinderby station on the M.R., and 8½ NE of Newark, under which it has a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 3057; population, 648. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £600 with residence, in the gift of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church, wliicli is an ancient building of stone in the Norman, Early English, and Decorated styles, was restored in 1861. There is also a Wesleyan chapel. The village possesses two corn mills, a brewery, and a malthouse.

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 parishBassingham St. Michael 
Poor Law unionNewark 
WapentakeBoothby-Graffo 

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


Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Bassingham 1572-1812, Lincolnshire is available to browse online.

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

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1572-19111754-18021572-19111572-1911

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 Bassingham from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Bassingham 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:

DistrictNorth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN5
Post TownLincoln

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