Melton Ross, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Melton Ross, a parish in Lincolnshire, adjacent to Barnetby-le-Wold station on the main line of the M.S. & L.R., 5 miles NE by E of Brigg. It has a post office under Lincoln; money order and telegraph office, Barnetby. Acreage, 1812; population of the civil parish, 191; of the ecclesiastical, 296. The manor belonged formerly to the Ross family, and belongs now, with all the land, to the Earl of Yarborough. There are extensive lime and whiting works. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of New Barnetby, in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £204 with residence. Patron, Earl Manvers. The church is a modern building of stone.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Poor Law union | Glandford-Brigg | |
Wapentake | Yarborough |
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 Melton Ross:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1568-1911 | 1776-1776 | 1572-1837 | 1568-1812 |
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 Melton Ross from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Melton-Ross)
Maps
Online maps of Melton Ross 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: