Market Deeping, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Market Deeping, a small town and a parish in Lincolnshire, situated on the river Welland, 3 miles E from Tailing-ton station on the G.N.R. main line, 7 S from Bourn, and 9 N from Peterborough. The town is an ancient place, and according to an old chronicle, was embanked after the Conquest " out of the very pits and bogs, thereby making a garden of pleasure." It has a head post office, a town-hall (now disused), a brewery, a corn mill, and an essential oil distillery. The market has long been obsolete. Annual fairs used to be held on 10 Oct., the second Wednesday after old May-day, and the last Wednesday in July. These have also fallen into disuse, but statute fairs are still held occasionally in May. The church, dedicated to St Guthlac, is an ancient building of stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles. It has an Early English porch with a Transition doorway having 13th-century ironwork on the door and an Early English arcade, the remainder of the building being chiefly Perpendicular. The rectory is an interesting house, a portion of which undoubtedly belongs to the 14th century. It contains a magnificent oak roof, which is supported on corbels of a bold and quaint design. Two square-headed windows filled. with exquisite tracery still remain. Tradition affirms that the house was formerly connected with the abbey at Crowland, but of this fact there is no proof. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £440 with residence,. in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. There are Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. There are also almshouses for six poor women, an endowed school, and some small charities. Area of the parish, 1548 acres; population, 1079. The parish council,tunder the Local Government Act, 1894, consists of nine members.

Church Records

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

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Maps

Online maps of Market Deeping 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:

• Grantham Journal
• Grimsby Daily Telegraph
• Lincolnshire Chronicle
• Lincolnshire Echo
• Lincolnshire Free Press
• Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser
• Stamford Mercury