North Kelsey, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Kelsey, North, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands near a branch of the Anchoime river, 1½ mile W of the Hull and Lincoln branch of the M.S. & L.R., and 4½ miles W by N from Caistor, and has a station on the railway, and a post and money order office under Lincoln; telegraph office, Caistor. The parish comprises 6227 acres; population, 824. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value,, £190, in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, excepting the tower, which is ancient, was rebuilt in 1869, and comprises nave, aisle, and chancel. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and some small charities.
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 | Caistor | |
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 North Kelsey:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1614-1911 | 1754-1754 | 1613-1911 | 1614-1911 |
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 North Kelsey from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Kelsey, North)
Maps
Online maps of North Kelsey 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: