Wilsford, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Wilsford, a parish in Lincolnshire, 1½ mile ESE of Ancaster station on the G.N.R., and 4½ miles SW by W of Sleaford. It includes part of Ancaster village, which has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Grantham. Acreage, 3007; population, 687. A Benedictine priory, a cell to Bee Abbey in Normandy, was founded here in the time of King Stephen, and went first to Bourn Abbey, next to the Brandons. The quarries here produce the fine freestone known as Aucaster stone. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £510. The church is a fine building in various styles of architecture, and has been well restored. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a good school.
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 | Wilsford St. Mary | |
Poor Law union | Sleaford | |
Wapentake | Flaxwell |
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 Wilsford:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1669-1911 | 1755-1817 | 1669-1836 | 1669-1901 |
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 Wilsford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wilsford (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Wilsford 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