UK Genealogy Archives logo
DISCLOSURE: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we may receive a commission.

Beelsby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Beelsby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, 6 miles E of Caistor, and 5½ W of Waltham station on the G.N.R. Great Grimsby is the post town; money order and telegraph office, Waltham. Acreage, 2248; population, 190. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, about £260 with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester. The church was restored in 1890. It contains some good arches of the 13th century.

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 parishBeelsby St. Andrew 
Poor Law unionCaistor 
WapentakeBradley-Haverstoe 

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 Beelsby:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1559-19111756-17561566-19111559-1911

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 Beelsby from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Beelsby 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:

CountyNorth East Lincolnshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Postal districtDN37
Post TownGrimsby

Advertisement

Advertisement