Newton on Trent Lincolnshire Family History Guide

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Newton on Trent is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lincolnshire.

Alternative names: Newton upon Trent

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1656
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

  • Ragnall
  • Dunham
  • Thorney with Wigsley and Broadholme
  • North Clifton
  • Kettlethorpe with Laughterton and Fenton

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEWTON-UPON-TRENT, a village and a parish in Gainsborough district, Lincoln.

The village stands near the river Trent at the boundary with Notts, 3¼ miles S of Torksey r. station, and 10 S by E of Gainsborough; and has a post-office under Newark.

The parish comprises 1,390 acres. Real property, £3,328. Pop., 325. Houses, 79. The property is divided among a few. Dunham bridge, across the Trent here, was erected in 1832, at a cost of £17,000; and is a cast-iron structure of four arches, resting on stone piers, and each 118 feet in span. Spring tides reach the bridge, with a rise of 4feet; and there are wharves.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £222 Patrons, Lord and Lady T. Hay. The church has undergone considerable repair, and has a lofty tower.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lincolnshire, Newton-upon-Trent – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Newton-upon-Trent, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lincolnshire, Newton-upon-Trent – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Newton-upon-Trent, 1599-1836
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Newton-upon-Trent (Lincolnshire)

Parish register extracts for the parish church of Newton-upon-Trent (Lincoln), 1657-1808
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Newton-upon-Trent (Lincolnshire)

Parish registers for Newton-upon-Trent, 1656-1909
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Newton-upon-Trent (Lincolnshire)

England, Lincolnshire, Newton-upon-Trent – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Newton on Trent, Lincs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Newton-upon-Trent, Lincoln, England ; marriages, 1599-1627, 1645-1812
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County:    Lincolnshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Gainsborough
  • Probate Court:    Pre-1834 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Stow, Post-1833 – Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese:    Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery:    Lawres
  • Poor Law Union:    Gainsborough
  • Hundred:    Well
  • Province:    Canterbury