North Kelsey, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Kelsey, North, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands near a branch of the Anchoime river, 1½ mile W of the Hull and Lincoln branch of the M.S. & L.R., and 4½ miles W by N from Caistor, and has a station on the railway, and a post and money order office under Lincoln; telegraph office, Caistor. The parish comprises 6227 acres; population, 824. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value,, £190, in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, excepting the tower, which is ancient, was rebuilt in 1869, and comprises nave, aisle, and chancel. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and some small charities.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 North Kelsey:

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 North Kelsey from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Kelsey, North)

Maps

Online maps of North Kelsey 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:

• Grantham Journal
• Grimsby Daily Telegraph
• Lincolnshire Chronicle
• Lincolnshire Echo
• Lincolnshire Free Press
• Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser
• Stamford Mercury