Whaplode, Lincolnshire Genealogy
England 
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Parishes
| Whaplode, Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St+Mary Whaplode Lincolnshire | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Elloe |
| County | Lincolnshire |
| Poor Law Union | Holbeach |
| Registration District | Holbeach |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1559; Separate registers exist for Whaplode St John the Baptist beginning 1713 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1562; Separate records exist for Whaplode St John the Baptist beginning 1562 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Holland |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Lincolnshire Record Office | |
Parish History
WHAPLODE (St. Mary), a parish in the union of Holbeach, wapentake of Elloe, parts of Holland, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (W.) from Holbeach; containing, with the chapelry of Whaplode-Drove.[1]
Whaplode St Mary is an Ancient Parish which includes West Whaplode, Whaplode Drove, Whaplode St John the Baptist, Saracen's Head, Dowsdale, East Whaplode, and Whaplode Washway within the parish boundary.
The church of St Mary was reputedly built in the 12th century.
The ecclesiastical parish of Whaplode Drove St John the Baptist was formed from this parish in 1902 from the chapelry whose registers date from 1713.
Resources
Civil Registration
This parish was in the Holbeach sub-district of Holbeach registration district.
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
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 Whaplode Par 1 and Whaplode Drove Par 1 will identify available images.
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.
Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection Whaplode
Census records
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Poor Law Unions
Holbeach 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
References
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 18 August 2013.