Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Woolsthorpe, a parish, with a village, in Lincolnshire, 3, ½ miles SSW of Sedgebrook station on the G.N.R., and 5½ WSW of Grantham. It has a post office under Grantham; money order and telegraph office, Harston. Acreage, 1949; population, 594. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The limits include part of the grounds of the Duke's seat of Belvoir Castle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln, net value, £185 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The old church is in ruins. The present one was erected in 1845-47 in the Decorated style.
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 | Woolsthorpe St. James | |
Poor Law union | Grantham | |
Wapentake | Loveden |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Woolsthorpe 1562-1837, Lincolnshire is available to browse online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Woolsthorpe:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1663-1911 | 1662-1839 | 1661-1882 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Woolsthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Woolsthorpe (St. James))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: