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Westborough, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Westborough, a parish, with a village, in Lincolnshire, on the river Witham, 3 miles W of Hougham station on the G.N.R., and 7 NW by N of Grantham. Post town, Grantham; money order and telegraph office, Long Bennington. Acreage, 2070; population of the civil parish, 138; of the ecclesiastical, with Dry Doddington, 316. A Roman settlement was here. The living is twofold-a rectory united with Dry Doddington, and a rectory per se-in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £400 with residence. The church is an interesting building of stone in the Early English style. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.

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 parishWestborough All Saints 
Poor Law unionNewark 
WapentakeLoveden 

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


Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Westborough-cum-Doddington 1564-1837, Lincolnshire is available to browse online.

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Westborough With Dry Doddington:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1564-18721654-18101564-19111564-1911

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Westborough from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Westborough 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 districtNG23
Post TownNewark

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