Legbourne, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Legbourne, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands 3 miles SE of Louth, and has a station on the East Lincolnshire section of the G.N.R. It has a post office under Lonth; money order and telegraph office, Loutb. Acreage, 2365; population, 464. A neat modern mansion, called the Abbey, occupies the site of a Cistercian nunnery which was founded by Robert Fitz-Gilbert before the time of King John, and which has left no vestiges. Kenwick Hall is a large mansion standing amidst beautiful grounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, o£96 with residence. The church, which is a plain building of stone in the Decorated style, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; contains a small ancient piscina, seven stained windows, and a carved oak rood screen. There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Free Methodist chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 Legbourne:

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 Legbourne from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Legbourn (All Saints))

Maps

Online maps of Legbourne 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:

• Grantham Journal
• Grimsby Daily Telegraph
• Lincolnshire Chronicle
• Lincolnshire Echo
• Lincolnshire Free Press
• Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser
• Stamford Mercury