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Ropsley, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Ropsley, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, on the main line of the G.N.R. The village stands 5 miles NE of Great Ponton station, and 6 ESE of Grantham, and has a post and money order office under Grantham; telegraph office, Grantham. The parish contains also the hamlet of Little Humby. Acreage, 3061; population of the civil parish, 597; of the ecclesiastical, 715. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland, who is chief landowner. The living is a rectory, with Little Humby annexed, in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £400 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is an ancient edifice of stone, chiefly in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a western tower with broach spire; it has an ancient tomb of the 14th century. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £12 a year, and 25 acres of townland. Bishop Fox, the founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and of the Free Grammar School ate Grantham, was a native.

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 parishRopsley St. Peter 
Poor Law unionGrantham 
WapentakeWinnibriggs and Threo 

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 Ropsley:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1558-19111760-17661561-19111558-1911

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 Ropsley from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Ropsley 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 districtNG33
Post TownGrantham

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