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Claypole, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Claypole, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The parish lies on the river Witham and the G.N.R., contiguous to Notts, 4½ miles SE of Newark, and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Newark; money order office, Balderton; telegraph office, Claypole station. Acreage, '2915; population, 593. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross yearly value, £400 with residence. The church is a fine structure of various character, with tower and spire. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The Newark workhouse is here.

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 parishClaypole St. Peter 
Poor Law unionNewark 
WapentakeLoveden 

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


Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Claypole 1538-1837, Lincolnshire is available to browse online.

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

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1538-18731756-17871538-18371593-1906

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 Claypole from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Claypole 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:

DistrictSouth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG23
Post TownNewark

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