Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Thorpe-on-the Hill, a parish in Lincolnshire, with a station on the M.R., 130 miles from London, and 6 miles SW of Lincoln. It has a post and money order office under Lincoln; telegraph office at the railway station. Acreage, 1835; population, 322. There are mineral springs. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £160 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is a plain building of stone in the Early English style. There are Wesleyan and Free Methodist chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Thorpe-On-The-Hill All Saints | |
| Poor Law union | Lincoln | |
| Wapentake | Boothby-Graffo |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Thorpe on the Hill 1563-1835, Lincolnshire is available to browse online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Thorpe On The Hill:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1695-1897 | 1754-1765 | 1695-1835 | 1695-1812 |
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 Thorpe on the Hill from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Thorpe-On-The-Hill (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Thorpe on the Hill 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: