Burton upon Stather, Lincolnshire Family History Guide

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Burton upon Stather is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lincolnshire.

Other places in the parish include: Thealby, Normanby, Coleby near Barton on Humber, and Coleby.

Alternative names: Burton-upon-Stather, Burton on Stather

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1567
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

  • Alkborough
  • Winterton
  • West Halton
  • Amcotts
  • Roxby cum Risby
  • Luddington with Garthorpe
  • Flixborough

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURTON-UPON-STATHER, a village and a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln.

The village stands on a “staith” or creek of the river Trent, near that river’s mouth, 3 miles NNE of Keadby r. station, and 11½ NW of Glanford-Brigg. It has a post-office, of the name of Burton, under Brigg; it figured formerly as a considerable market town; it serves now as a depôt station for the Hull and Gainsborough steam-vessels; and it carries on a considerable trade in meal.

The parish includes also the hamlets of Normandy, Thealby, and part of Coleby. Acres, 3,860. Real property, £6,038. Pop., 983. Houses, 222. The property is subdivided.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Flixborough, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is of the 13th century, and in good condition.

There are two Methodist chapels and a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for Burton-upon-Stather, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Burton-upon-Stather, 1599-1855 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burton-upon-Stather (Lincolnshire)

Brace’s transcripts, 1599-1758 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burton-upon-Stather (Lincolnshire)

Parish register extracts for the parish church of Burton-upon-Slather (Lincoln), 1678-1822 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burton-upon-Stather (Lincolnshire)

Parish registers for Burton-upon-Stather, 1567-1929 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burton-upon-Stather (Lincolnshire)

Computer printout of Burton upon Stather, Lincs., Eng

Manlake Deanery : baptisms & burials index 1754-1812 Author: Lincolnshire Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Burton-upon-Stather, Lincoln, England ; christenings, 1599-1812 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Burton-upon-Stather, Lincoln, England ; christenings, 1813-1855 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Lincolnshire
  • Civil Registration District: Glanford Brigg
  • Probate Court: Pre-1834 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Stow, Post-1833 – Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Manlake
  • Poor Law Union: Glandford Brigg
  • Hundred: Corringham; Manley
  • Province: Canterbury