Bullington, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Bullington, a parish in Lincolnshire, 3 miles W of Wragby, and 3 E by N of Langworth station on the M.S. & L.R. Post town, Wragby, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 891; population, 50. A Gilbertine priory and convent were founded here in the time of Stephen by Simon Fitzwilliam, and given at the dissolution to the Duke of Suffolk. There is a small Wesleyan chapel, which was erected in 1878.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Civil parish | Goltho | |
Poor Law union | Lincoln | |
Wapentake | Wraggoe |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
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 Bullington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bullington)
Maps
Online maps of Bullington 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: