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Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Sedgebrook, a parish, with a village, in Lincolnshire, on the Grantham and Nottinghamshire branch of the G.N.R., 4 miles WNW of Grantham. It has a station on the railway, and a post omce under Grantham; money order office, Bar-rowby; telegraph office, railway station. Acreage, 1676; population, 208. The manor belongs to the Thorold family, who also own all the land with the exception of the glebe. The living is a rectory, united with East Allington, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net value, £308 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient edifice of stone in the Norman, Early English, and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel with chantry chapel, nave, aisles, N and S porches, and an embattled western tower. There are endowed, elementary, and middle class schools.

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 parishSedgebrook St. Lawrence 
Poor Law unionNewark 
WapentakeLoveden 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Sedgbrook 1559-1812, Lincolnshire is available to browse online.

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Sedgebrook:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1538-19111754-18241538-18361561-1739

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Sedgebrook from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Sedgebrook 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:

DistrictSouth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG32
Post TownGrantham

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