Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Buslingthorpe, a parish in Lincolnshire, 2 miles NNW of Wickenby station on the M.S. & L.R., and 3 SW of Market Rasen. Post town, Market Rasen, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1407; population, 82. The living is a rectory annexed to Faldingworth in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net yearly value, £353, in the gift of a private patron and the governors of the Charterhouse three to two respectively. The church, originally a very ancient structure in the Early English style, was rebuilt in 1835. It contains a brass of 1310. The manor and lands belong to the Charterhouse, London.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Poor Law union | Caistor | |
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 Buslingthorpe:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1761-1911 | 1767-1911 | 1760-1911 |
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 Buslingthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Buslingthorpe)
Maps
Online maps of Buslingthorpe 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: