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Skidbrooke, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Skidbrooke, a parish in Lincolnshire, 1¼ mile from the coast, 2¼ miles NE from Saltfleetby station on the Louth and East Coast branch of the G.N.R., and 10 ENE from Louth. Post town, Louth; money order and telegraph office, North Somercotes. The parish contains also the hamlet of Saltfleet, which is noticed separately, and comprises 2404 acres; population, 384, There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £297 with residence. The church is a fine ancient building of stone, in the Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled western tower. 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 parishSkidbrook St. Botolph 
HundredLouth-Eske 
Poor Law unionLouth 

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 Skidbrooke With Saltfleet Haven:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1563-1897 1563-19111566-1911

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 Skidbrooke from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Skidbrooke 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:

DistrictEast Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN11
Post TownLouth

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