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Creeton with Counthorpe, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Creeton with Counthorpe, a village, a township, and a parish in Lincolnshire, on the river Glen and the G.N.R., about 2 miles NNW from Little Bytham station, and 9 W from Bourne. Post town, Grantham; money order office, Little Bytham; telegraph office, Little Bytham station. For Counthorpe, money order office, Castle Bytham; telegraph station, Castle Bytham. Acreage of Creeton, 1049; population, 75; acreage of Counthorpe, 1155; population, 66. Counthorpe, which was formerly a hamlet in Castle Bytham parish, was annexed in 1860 to Creeton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £142 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, on a hill side, is a small building of stone in the Early English, Late Decorated, and Perpendicular styles.

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 parishCreeton St. Peter 
Poor Law unionBourne 
WapentakeBeltisloe 

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 Creeton:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1692-1856 1694-18331692-1811

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Villages, Hamlets, &c

Counthorpe