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Baston, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Baston, a village and a large parish in Lincolnshire, 3½ miles NNW of Market-Deeping, and 2½ NW from Thurlby station on the G.N.R., with a post and money order office under Market-Deeping, which is the telegraph office. Acreage, 2514; population, 656. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £206 with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building of stone. There is a Wesleyan chapel and a few small charities.

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 parishBaston St. John the Baptist 
Poor Law unionBourne 
WapentakeNess 

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 Baston:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1558-19111756-17721558-19111558-1908

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 Baston from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Baston 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

Thetford
DistrictSouth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE6
Post TownPeterborough

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