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Heapham, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Heapham, a parish in Lincolnshire, on the rising-ground above the Trent, 3 miles E by N of Lea station on the G.N.R., and 4¼ ESE from Gainsborough. It has a post office under Gainsborough; money order office, Corringham; telegraph office, Gainsborough. Acreage, 1238; population of the civil parish, 132; of the ecclesiastical, 645. The living is a discharged rectory, consolidated in 1876 with the discharged vicarage of Upton, in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £260 with residence. The church, an ancient building of stone in the Norman, Transition, and Early English styles, was restored in 1868.

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 parishHeapham All Saints 
Poor Law unionGainsborough 
WapentakeCorringham 

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 Heapham:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1564-19111756-17621563-18371563-1909

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 Heapham from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Heapham 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:

DistrictWest Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtDN21
Post TownGainsborough

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