Newton by Folkingham, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire



Parish History
Newton St Botolph is an Ancient Parish.

The present church replaced the predecessor, mentioned in the Domesday survey, in the 14th century and was restored in 1865. Subsequent disrepair necessitated restoration in the 1980's.

Newton is a hamlet situated in an agricultural area forming the Welby Estate.

Newton is in the Sleaford area and is near Falkingham in the wapentake of Aveland and was in the Sleaford Poor Law Union.

It should not be confused with Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire Newton by Toft, Lincolnshire or Newton by Folkingham in the county or diocese.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Sleaford Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lincolnshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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