Sapperton, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes



Parish History
The parish church of St Nicholas Sapperton within the hamlet is an Ancient Parish.

Historically the parish was linked to Braceby, Lincolnshire and also neighbours Ropsley, Lincolnshire Pickworth, Lincolnshire and Lenton, Lincolnshire to the south.

"SAPPERTON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Grantham, wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 7 miles (E. by S.) from Grantham; containing 62 inhabitants. It comprises about 700 acres, and is the property of Sir W. E. Welby, Bart.: the village is situated on a bold eminence. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £5. 9. 9½.; net income, £190; patron, Sir W. E. Welby: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1780. The church was formerly much larger than it is at present, the north aisle having been taken down."

From: 'Sandhoe - Sapperton', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 15-20. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51255 Date accessed: 09 March 2012.

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
Material deposited at Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street,Lincoln,Lincolnshire,LN2 5AB,England Enquiries: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk The website enables you to view a PDF file for all records held for each parish as part of continuing efforts to provide an online catalogue

The digitisation of parish records for the county now offers images via the Lincs to the past website (July 2011). Use advanced search terms at Search Lincs to the past to search for available images for parish registers and other records for this parish with images. Advance search terms Sapperton Par 1 will identify available images.

Search Family History Catalogue

Census records
.See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Grantham 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

Reference
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