Lincolnshire Parish Bastardy Cases

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Transcription and conventions used

The information contained herein has been extracted from Parish Documents deposited at the Lincolnshire Archives Office, Lincoln, England.

By default all place names in these data are in Lincolnshire. Where otherwise the place name has been suffixed with the appropriate Chapman County code.

Where more than one document exists for the same case with the same date these have not been duplicated.

For each Parish Bastardy Case the following information has been recorded:-

  • Mother Surname: Only complete surnames have been included in these data.
  • Mother Comments:May be blank. Has been used to record Mothers abode, status and/or any other information relevant to the mother when given.
  • Father Surname: Only complete surnames have been included in these data.
  • Father Forename(s):
  • Father Comments:May be blank. Has been used to record fathers abode, status, occupation and/or any other information relevant to the father when given.
  • Child: Can be blank. Used to record the sex of the child (male or female), name and/or age and/or date of birth when given.
  • Document type:Document type may be Examination, Bond, Warrant or Maintenance Order.
  • Identifies the Parish in which the Parish Documents can be found.
  • Comments: May be blank. Used to record any other information relating to the case not included in any of the other identified data fields.
  • Year:
  • County: The Chapman code for Lincolnshire i.e. LIN

Coverage

The following table shows the number of cases, and range of years covered for each parish.

SourceNo. of entriesYear range
ABY PARISH111775-1824
ADDLETHORPE PARISH131647-1823
ALGARKIRK PARISH181799-1829
ANDERBY PARISH111796-1830
ANWICK PARISH111801-1824
ASLACKBY PARISH191781-1825
BARDNEY PARISH101812-1833
BARNETBY LE WOLD PARISH1 
BARROWBY PARISH141807-1836
BASSINGHAM PARISH141741-1830
BELCHFORD PARISH261757-1834
BELLEAU PARISH41795-1823
BENINGTON IN HOLLAND PARISH131753-1825
BILLINGBOROUGH PARISH221727-1834
BILLINGHAY PARISH371727-1836
BISHOP NORTON PARISH21771-1798
BOURNE PARISH281796-1833
BRANSTON PARISH21712-1744
BRANT BROUGHTON PARISH191756-1834
BROUGHTON BY BRIGG PARISH291741-1834
BURGH LE MARSH PARISH721683-1833
CAISTOR PARISH151821-1835
CANDLESBY PARISH81811-1831
CARLTON SCROOP PARISH121775-1836
CLAYPOLE PARISH21777-1797
COLSTERWORTH PARISH11813
CONINGSBY PARISH691711-1832
COWBIT PARISH11802
CRANWELL PARISH11761
CROFT PARISH261674-1844
CROWLAND PARISH1181712-1834
DEEPING ST JAMES PARISH471702-1835
DEMBLEBY PARISH21790-1823
DIGBY PARISH121723-1840
DODDINGTON PARISH121770-1821
DONINGTON IN HOLLAND PARISH991681-1844
DUNSBY PARISH81751-1835
DUNSTON PARISH61813-1820
EAST BARKWITH PARISH41768-1825
EAST HALTON PARISH111807-1830
EDENHAM PARISH441725-1828
EDLINGTON PARISH81756-1827
EPWORTH PARISH911707-1836
FILLINGHAM PARISH41770-1829
FLIXBOROUGH PARISH11837
FRISKNEY PARISH891698-1834
FRODINGHAM PARISH11734
FROM A BOOK ABOUT HEMSWELL PARISH11740
GAUTBY PARISH71797-1828
GEDNEY HILL PARISH111782-1814
GLENTHAM PARISH101768-1833
GOXHILL PARISH151757-1834
HACCONBY PARISH111753-1832
HAGWORTHINGHAM PARISH131813-1832
HALTHAM PARISH41777-1804
HALTON HOLEGATE PARISH181801-1833
HANNAH CUM HAGNABY PARISH81775-1823
HATTON PARISH61766-1823
HEIGHINGTON [AS/7/17]11754
HELPRINGHAM PARISH41775-1828
HIGH TOYNTON PARISH11755
HOGSTHORPE PARISH481701-1833
HOLTON LE MOOR PARISH11785
HORBLING PARISH141692-1849
HORNCASTLE PARISH231773-1833
HORSINGTON PARISH121740-1834
HUTTOFT PARISH211727-1834
IRBY IN THE MARSH PARISH11838
KEDDINGTON PARISH11825
KIRKBY CUM OSGODBY PARISH41769-1828
KIRMINGTON PARISH11824
KIRTON IN HOLLAND PARISH621808-1843
KIRTON LINDSEY PARISH421726-1828
LANGTON BY WRAGBY PARISH181750-1833
LEGBOURNE11762
LEGBOURNE PARISH81735-1794
LEGSBY PARISH91748-1812
LINCOLN ST BOTOLPH PARISH41708-1780
LONDONTHORPE PARISH31750-1812
LONG BENNINGTON PARISH171777-1824
LONG SUTTON PARISH101763-1789
MANBY PARISH11813
MAREHAM ON THE HILL PARISH21789
MARKET DEEPING PARISH61737-1806
MAVIS ENDERBY PARISH41779-1813
METHERINGHAM PARISH101773-1805
MININGSBY PARISH21768-1771
MINTING PARISH61757-1820
MOORBY PARISH21832-1834
MORTON BY BOURNE PARISH291684-1829
MUMBY PARISH301781-1833
NAVENBY PARISH221754-1833
NETTLETON PARISH41798-1841
NEWTON ON TRENT PARISH41745-1814
NORMANBY BY SPITAL PARISH11828
NORMANTON PARISH81758-1837
NORTH COCKERINGTON PARISH81754-1823
NORTH SCARLE PARISH91765-1818
NORTH SOMERCOTES PARISH151720-1786
NORTH WILLINGHAM PARISH81788-1820
OLD LEAKE PARISH21703-1704
OWERSBY PARISH21821-1822
PICKWORTH PARISH11825
PINCHBECK PARISH651658-1825
POTTERHANWORTH PARISH101803-1831
QUADRING PARISH141746-1824
ROWSTON PARISH11761
RUSKINGTON PARISH101759-1830
SALEBY PARISH141718-1823
SAUSTHORPE PARISH11774
SAXILBY PARISH91740-1803
SCOTTON PARISH191763-1834
SCREMBY PARISH121766-1824
SEMPRINGHAM PARISH21784-1793
SKENDLEBY PARISH21784-1822
SLEAFORD PARISH841731-1833
SOTBY PARISH11825
SOUTH CARLTON PARISH51734-1806
SOUTH COCKERINGTON PARISH21786-1810
SOUTH SOMERCOTES PARISH11791
SPITTLEGATE PARISH151705-1834
STAINFIELD PARISH91765-1829
STAINTON BY LANGWORTH PARISH21777-1817
STALLINGBOROUGH PARISH141750-1834
STAPLEFORD PARISH71769-1822
STICKNEY PARISH271753-1811
STOW PARISH521711-1834
SURFLEET PARISH321752-1832
SUTTERTON PARISH41808-1833
SUTTON ST EDMUND PARISH181787-1830
SWINDERBY PARISH81772-1811
SWINSTEAD PARISH81759-1827
SYSTON PARISH11776
TATTERSHALL101790-1832
TETNEY PARISH431801-1839
THORPE ST PETER PARISH51780-1830
THREEKINGHAM PARISH81777-1826
TORKSEY PARISH21820-1834
TOYNTON ST PETER PARISH71777-1829
UPTON CUM KEXBY PARISH11788
WADDINGTON PARISH341746-1832
WADDINGWORTH PARISH81806-1832
WAINFLEET ALL SAINTS PARISH41776-1781
WALCOT BY BILLINGHAY381745-1834
WASHINGBOROUGH PARISH161754-1831
WELLINGORE PARISH111738-1792
WELTON BY LINCOLN PARISH121744-1830
WELTON LE MARSH PARISH241784-1829
WEST TORRINGTON PARISH21772-1800
WESTON PARISH291742-1829
WHAPLODE DROVE PARISH31776-1831
WHAPLODE PARISH21759-1786
WHITTON PARISH141768-1828
WICKENBY PARISH11812
WIGTOFT PARISH251754-1828
WINTERINGHAM PARISH11787
WINTHORPE PARISH91712-1836
WORLABY BY BRIGG PARISH41826-1829
WYBERTON PARISH131763-1830
YARBOROUGH PARISH141769-1808
Total (161)24431647-1849

Checking

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Grouping

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Abbreviations and Codes

The following abbreviations have been used in this transcription:

Months of the year:

Jan - January
Feb - February
Mar - March
Apr - April
May - May
Jun - June
Jul - July
Aug - August
Sep - September
Oct - October
Nov - November
Dec - December

By default all place names are in Lincolnshire. Where otherwise the place name has been suffixed with appropriate the Chapman County code.

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