Beesby in the Marsh, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Beesby-in-the-Marsh, a parish in Lincolnshire, 3 miles NNE of Alford station on the G.N.R. It has a post office under Alford, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1200; population, 127. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £315 with residence. The church, originally an ancient building dating from the 12th century, and said to have been rebuilt in 1841, was in such a dilapidated state that it was restored in 1889. The south wall of the nave was rebuilt on a fresh foundation, new windows were put in throughout, and the whole of the interior restored. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Administration

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

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

Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Beesby 1565-1837, Lincolnshire is available to browse online.

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

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 Beesby in the Marsh from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Beesby-in-the Marsh (St. Andrew))

Maps

Online maps of Beesby in the Marsh are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Grantham Journal
• Grimsby Daily Telegraph
• Lincolnshire Chronicle
• Lincolnshire Echo
• Lincolnshire Free Press
• Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser
• Stamford Mercury