Torksey, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Torksey, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands on the river Trent, at the junction of the Foss Dyke, with a station on the Retford and Lincoln railway, 147 miles from London, and 7 S by E of Gainsborough. It dates from very ancient times, was the place where Paulinus baptized his converts in 630, and where the Danes wintered in 873, had 200 burgesses at Domesday, and two churches in the time of Henry VIII.; had also an Augustinian priory founded by King John, and given at the dissolution to Sir P. Hobbey; is now a small place consisting of a few scattered farmhouses. The parish contains three townships, known as Torksey, Brampton, and Hardwich. Acreage of parish, 3331; population, 368. Torksey Castle occupies the site of a Roman granary, is supposed to have been built in the time of Cromwell, and is now a ruin, with brick front and four stone turrets. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £135 with residence. The church is an ancient edifice of stone, and contains a very old Norman font. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
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 | Torksey St. Peter | |
Poor Law union | Gainsborough | |
Wapentake | Lawress |
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 Torksey:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1576-1890 | 1755-1764 | 1577-1911 | 1577-1911 |
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 Torksey from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Torksey (St. Peter))
Maps
Online maps of Torksey 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: