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North Witham, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Witham, North, a parish, with a village, in Lincolnshire, on the river Witham, 4½ miles WSW of Corby station on the G.N.R., and 9 S of Grantham. Post town, Colsterworth, under Grantham. Acreage, 2437; population of the civil parish, 199; of the ecclesiastical, 269. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dysart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £550 with residence. Patron, Viscount Downe. The church is a building of stone in the Transitional and Perpendicular styles, and has a spire.

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 parishNorth Witham St. Mary 
Poor Law unionGrantham 
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 North Witham:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1593-18131773-17751593-18371596-1812

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for North Witham from the following:


Maps

Online maps of North Witham 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:


Villages, Hamlets, &c

Lobthorpe
DistrictSouth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG33
Post TownGrantham

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