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Fosdyke, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Fosdyke, a parish in Lincolnshire, on the Welland, which is here spanned by a bridge, 2 miles S of Algarkirk and Sutterton station on the East Lincolnshire branch of the G.N.R., and 7¼ S by W of Boston. It has a post office under Boston; money order and telegraph office, Sutterton. Acreage, 2046; population, 433. Fosdyke Wash is 7 miles lower down. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Algarkirk, in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, —£250 with residence. The church, a building of red brick in the Early English style, was erected in 1871-72. There is a coastguard station. Middlecotte's almshouses for ten old people have about £200, and there are some other charities.

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 parishFosdyke All Saints 
Poor Law unionBoston 
WapentakeKirton 

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 Fosdyke:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1559-19111754-17731560-19111559-1911

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 Fosdyke from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Fosdyke are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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

DistrictBoston
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE20
Post TownBoston

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