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Blankney, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Blankney, a parish in Lincolnshire, 1 mile S of Blankney station on the Spalding and Doncaster joint extension of the G.N.R. and G.E.R., 9 miles N of Sleaford and 10 from Lincoln. It includes the hamlet of Linwood, and has a post office under Lincoln; money order and telegraph office, Metheringham. Acreage, 6781; population, 627. Blankney Hall is a fine mansion of stone. The saloon is hung with magnificent tapestry of great value. It is now the seat of the Chaplin family, and in connection with it there is a famous stud of thoroughbred horses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £540 with residence. The church, a Gothic building of stone, was restored in 1880.

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 parishBlankney St. Oswald 
Poor Law unionSleaford 
WapentakeLangoe 

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 Blankney:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1560-19111761-17921560-19111558-1911

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 Blankney from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Blankney 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

Linwood
DistrictNorth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN4
Post TownLincoln

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