Friesthorpe, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Friesthorpe, a parish in Lincolnshire, 1 mile W by S of Wickenby station on the M.S. & L.R., and 5 miles SSW of Market Rasen. Post town and money order and telegraph office. Market Rasen. Acreage, 698; population of the civil parish, 59; of the ecclesiastical, with Snarford, 161. The living is a consolidated rectory, united with the rectory of Snarford, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net yearly value, £145 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, with the exception of its ancient tower, was rebuilt in 1841.
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 | Friesthorpe St. Peter | |
Poor Law union | Lincoln | |
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 Friesthorpe:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1620-1909 | 1767-1784 | 1621-1911 | 1620-1911 |
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 Friesthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Friesthorpe (St. Peter))
Maps
Online maps of Friesthorpe 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: