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Redbourne, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Redbourne, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands near Ermine Street, 2½ miles E by N of Kirton Lindsey station on the main line of the M.S. & L.R. It has a post and money order office under Kirton Lindsey (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Kirton Lindsey. The parish comprises 3973 acres; population, 321. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. All the parish, including the manor and Redbourne Hall, a fine mansion of stone, belongs to the Duke of St Albans. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £260 with residence. Patron, the Duke of St Albans. The church is a fine building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a lofty embattled western tower. It has some beautiful stained windows, and an ancient tomb supposed to date from about 1500. This church is the burial-place of the Beauclerk family, dukes of St Albans, the family mausoleum being on the S side of the chancel.

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 parishRedbourne St. Andrew 
Poor Law unionGlandford-Brigg 
WapentakeManley 

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 Redbourne:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1558-1911 1558-19101558-1911

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 Redbourne from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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

CountyNorth Lincolnshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Postal districtDN21
Post TownGainsborough

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