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Gosberton, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Gosberton, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands near the Risegate Eau, 2½ miles WNW of Surfleet, and 6 N by W of Spalding. It has a station 1¾ mile distant on the G.N.R. and G.E. Joint railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Spalding. The parish includes also the hamlets of Cheal, Rigbolt, Westhorpe, and part of Risegate. Acreage, 8335; population of the civil parish, 1825; of the ecclesiastical, 1815. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £142 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is cruciform and interesting, includes a chapel of the Blessed Sacrament on the S side of the chancel, has a tower with fine groined roof and a beautiful octagonal spire, contains sidilia, a piscina, and effigies of a knight and lady. There are Baptist, Wesleyan, and Free Methodist chapels, a public hall, erected in 1872, a school with an endowment of about £46, charities amounting to about £120, and almshouses for eight poor women. Gosberton House is a chief residence.

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 parishGosberton St. Peter and St. Paul 
Poor Law unionSpalding 
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 Gosberton:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1660-1911 1659-19111656-1911

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 Gosberton from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Gosberton 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

Cheal
Rigbolt
Risegate
Westhorpe
DistrictSouth Holland
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE11
Post TownSpalding

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