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Brothertoft, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Brothertoft, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Kirton civil parish, Lincolnshire, 1 mile SSW of Langrick station on the G.N.R., and 4½ miles WNW of Boston. There is a post office at Brothertoft; money order office, Boston; telegraph office, Langrick Ferry. Acreage of the township, 1835; population, 235; of the ecclesiastical parish, 125. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £172. The church is a small building of stone in the Early English style, rebuilt about the middle of the 19th century, formerly belonged to Sempringham Abbey. Brothertoft Hall is a chief residence. There is a charity worth about £40 a year.

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 
Civil parishKirton 
Poor Law unionBoston 
WapentakeKirton 

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 Brothertoft:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1682-19111764-17831708-19111683-1911

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brothertoft from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Brothertoft 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:

DistrictBoston
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE20
Post TownBoston

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