Biscathorpe or Beskerthorpe, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Biscathorpe or Beskerthorpe, a parish in Lincolnshire, on the river Bain, 8 miles WSW of Louth, and 3 N of Don-ington-upon-Bain station on the G.N.R. Post town, Lincoln; money order office, Donington; telegraph office, South Will-ingham. Acreage, 861; population, 68. The living is a discharged rectory annexed to that of Gayton-le-Wold; joint net yearly value, £276 with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. Biscathorpe is noted for its flock of long-woolled Lancashire rams.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Biscathorpe St. Helen | |
Poor Law union | Louth | |
Wapentake | Wraggoe |
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 Biscathorpe:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1699-1810 | 1762-1825 | 1699-1833 | 1697-1804 |
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 Biscathorpe or Beskerthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Biscathorpe (St. Helen))
Maps
Online maps of Biscathorpe or Beskerthorpe 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: