Asgarby, Lincolnshire Family History Guide

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Asgarby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lincolnshire.

Other places in the parish include: West Fen Allotments, West Fen, Boughton, and Asgarby West Fen.

Alternative names: Asgarby by Spilsby, Asgarby near Horncastle

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1595
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Hameringham with Scrafield
  • Winceby
  • Lusby
  • Bolingbroke with Hareby
  • Miningsby

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASGARBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, 4 miles ESE of Horncastle r. station. Post town, Hagworthingham under Spilsby.

Acres, 838. Real property, £1,361. Pop., 80. Houses, 17 The property is divided among a few, Eight acres are an allotment in the West Fen.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £50. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lincolnshire, Asgarby (near Horncastle) – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Asgarby, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lincolnshire, Asgarby (near Horncastle) – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Asgarby, near Horncastle, 1602-1845
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Asgarby (near Horncastle, Lincolnshire)

Parish registers for Asgarby, near Horncastle, 1595-1963
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Asgarby (near Horncastle, Lincolnshire)

England, Lincolnshire, Asgarby (near Horncastle) – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Asgarby near Horncastle, Lincoln, England

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Lincolnshire
  • Civil Registration District: Horncastle
  • Probate Court: Pre-1834 – Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, Post-1833 – Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1846 – None, Post-1845 – Hill
  • Poor Law Union: Horncastle
  • Hundred: Bolingbroke Soke
  • Province: Canterbury