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Billinghay, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Billinghay, a village, a township, and a parish in Lincoln. The parish lies on Billinghay Skirth, 3½ miles WSW of Tattershall station on the G.N.R., and 9½ NE of Sleaford. It includes part of the township of Dogdyke, and the hamlet of Walcot, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Lincoln,  Acreage, 3671; population of the civil parish, 1315; of the ecclesiastical, including Dogdyke and Walcot, 2027. Billinghay Skirth is a cut, 5 miles long, from the Sleaford Canal to the river Witham. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Walcot and Dogdyke, in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £330 with residence. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church, dedicated to St Michael, is of oolite stone in the Early English and Perpendicular style. It consists of chancel, nave, and side aisles, south porch, and tower surmounted by a spire.  There are Baptist, Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodist chapels.   Walcot is a township and parochial chapelry, 2 miles to the NW. It has a church, erected in 1852, and a small Wesleyan chapel. Dogdyke will be found under a separate head.

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 parishBillinghay St. Michael 
Poor Law unionSleaford 
WapentakeLangoe 

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 Billinghay:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1567-19111754-17951567-19111567-1911

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 Billinghay from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictNorth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN4
Post TownLincoln

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