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Lincolnshire Archives
St Rumbold Street
Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN2 5AB UK

Telephone: 1522 782040
Email: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Website
Online catalogue

Lincolnshire Archives is the county record office of Lincolnshire, England. We hold records from the former Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland county councils. We also hold records from Lincoln Diocesan Record Office.

What you can find in the archives - Primary sources include:

ecclesiastical archives and parish records (Church of England), including:
registers of baptisms
marriages and burials
Banns Books
Overseer of the Poor records
Bishops' transcripts

tithe and enclosure
non-conformist records (for example, Methodist, Quaker etc)
Poor Law Union, or workhouse, records
electoral registers
wills and administrations
Lincolnshire Estate records

public records, including manorial and court records
local authority records, including parish councils and school records
drainage and court sewer records
asylum hospital records

North East Lincolnshire Archives
Town Hall
Town Hall Square
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN31 1HX UK

Telephone: 01472 323585
Email: archives@lincsinspire.com
Website
Family history research

North East Lincolnshire Archives holds microfilm copies of parish registers for the following Church of England deaneries in northern Lincolnshire:

Bolingbroke
Calcethwaite and Candleshoe
Corringham
Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Haverstoe
Horncastle
Lawres
Louthesk

Manlake
West Wold
Yarborough

The original parish registers and other parish records, such as banns books and settlement papers, are held at Lincolnshire Archives in Lincoln. Lincolnshire Archives is the Diocesan Record Office, and it has custody of the Bishop’s Registers, Bishop’s Transcripts of parish registers, marriages licences and wills proved by the Lincoln Consistory Court. Its website includes a list of those parishes for which it holds the parish registers and/or the Bishop’s Transcripts.

Obtaining copies of baptism, marriage and burial events

For copyright reasons, printouts of the parish register microfiches must be ordered from Lincolnshire Archives.

North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library
Scunthorpe Central
Carlton Street
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN15 6TX, UK

Telephone:01724 860161
E-mail: ref.library@northlincs.gov.uk
Family history research
Parish register list

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Museums[edit | edit source]

Louth Museum[edit | edit source]

Louth Museum
4 Broadbank
Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 0EQ UK
Telephone: 1507 601211
Email: info@louthmuseum.org.uk
Website: Louth Museum

The Louth Naturalists’, Antiquarian and Literary Society collects, conserves and displays objects relating to the history, antiquities, natural history and literature of Louth and district for the benefit of the public, and as a resource for schools and researchers. The Society also promotes and publishes the results of local research and organises public lectures and excursions.

Museum of Lincolnshire Life[edit | edit source]

Museum of Lincolnshire Life
Old Barracks
Burton Rd
Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 3LY UK
Telephone: 1522 782040
Email: [mailto: lincolnshirelife_museum@lincolnshire.gov.uk lincolnshirelife_museum@lincolnshire.gov.uk]
Website: Museum of Lincolnshire Life

The Museum of Lincolnshire Life is a museum in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in the UK. The museum collection is a varied social history that reflects and celebrates the culture of Lincolnshire and its people from 1750 to the present day.

For a long list of Lincolnshire museums, go to List of museums in Lincolnshire in Wikipedia.

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 == Libraries ==
+*[https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/directory/57/a-to-z/L '''Alphabetical list of libraries within Lincolnshire Council''']
-=== Lincoln Central Library  ===
+*[https://www.lincsinspire.com/libraries-archives/branches/ '''Libraries in East Lincolnshire''']
+*[https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-learning/libraries-in-north-lincolnshire/ '''Libraries in North Lincolnshire''']
-'''Lincoln Central Library'''<br>Free School Lane<br>Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN2 1EZ UK<br>Telephone: 01522 782 010<br>
-Email: [mailto:lincoln.library@lincolnshire.gov.uk lincoln.library@lincolnshire.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [http://www.better.org.uk/library/lincolnshire/lincolncentrallibrary# Lincoln Central Library]
-:Lincoln Central Library is located in the city centre on the edge of the main shopping area within the Cultural Quarter. The library contains the main local studies collection for the County as well as a wide range of books and magazine and 40 public access computers. The Library hosts a range of activities and events throughout the year and also offers room hire facilities at competitive rates.
-=== North Lincolnshire Central Library ===
-'''North Lincolnshire Central Library'''<br>Carlton Street<br>Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire DN15 6TX UK<br>Telephone: 01724 860161<br>
-Email: [mailto:library.enquiries@northlincs.gov.uk library.enquiries@northlincs.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-learning/libraries-in-north-lincolnshire/ North Lincolnshire Central Library]<br>
-Website (Family and local studies): [https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-learning/north-lincolnshire-local-studies-library/ Family and local studies]
-=== Spalding Library ===
-'''Spalding Library'''<br>Victoria Street<br>Spalding, Lincolnshire PE11 1EA UK<br>Telephone: 1522 782010<br>
-Email: [mailto:spalding.library@lincolnshire.gov.uk spalding.library@lincolnshire.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://www.better.org.uk/library/lincolnshire/spalding-library Spalding Library]
 == Museums ==