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Glentworth, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Glentworth, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, on the Wolds, 7 miles E of Lea station on the G.E.R. & G.N.R., and 8 ESE of Gainsborough, with a post and money order office under Lincoln; telegraph office, Ingham. Acreage, 3128; population, 316. The property belongs to the Eail of Scarborough. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £265 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. The church is good, and contains a monument of Lord Chief Justice Wray, of the time of Elizabeth. There is a Free Methodist chapel.

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 parishGlentworth St. Michael 
Poor Law unionGainsborough 
WapentakeAslacoe 

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 Glentworth:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1586-1911 1586-19111586-1911

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 Glentworth from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Glentworth 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:

DistrictWest Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtDN21
Post TownGainsborough

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