Castle Bytham Lincolnshire Family History Guide
Castle Bytham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lincolnshire.
Alternative names: Bytham Magna
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1567
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Plymouth Brethren, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Thistleton Rutland
- Stretton Rutland
- South Witham
- Clipsham Rutland
- Creeton with Counthorpe
- Holywell
- Little Bytham
- Swinstead
- North Witham
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BYTHAM-CASTLE, a village and a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln.
The village stands on the river Glen, 1½ mile W by N of Little Bytham r. station, and 5 S of Corby; and has a post office under Stamford.
The parish includes also the hamlet of Cownthorpe, and the chapelry of Holywell-with-Aunby. Acres, 7,760. Real property, £7,969. Pop., 1,024. Houses, 190.
The manor was given by William the Conqueror to his brother-in-law, Odo, Earl of Albemarle; and passed to the Colvilles. An ancient castle stood on it; and was burned by Edward III., and afterwards rebuilt.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £480. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln.
There is a Wesleyan chapel.
A school has £40 from endowment.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Lincolnshire
- Civil Registration District: Bourne
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Beltisloe
- Poor Law Union: Bourne
- Hundred: Beltisloe
- Province: Canterbury