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Bassingthorpe cum Westby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Bassingthorpe-cum-Westby, a parish in Lincolnshire, on the G.N.R., 2 miles SSE of Great Ponton station, and 3 NNW of Corby. It includes the hamlet of Westby, and its post town is Grantham; money order and telegraph office, Corby. Acreage, 1811; population, 138. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £113 with residence; and it is in the gift of the Earl of Dysart. The church is an ancient fabric of stone in the Early Norman style.

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 parishBasingthorpe Thomas à Becket 
Poor Law unionGrantham 
WapentakeBeltisloe 

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 Bassingthorpe:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1541-1911 1541-18351542-1911

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 Bassingthorpe cum Westby from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Bassingthorpe cum Westby 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:


Villages, Hamlets, &c

Westby
DistrictSouth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG33
Post TownGrantham

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