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"INGOLDSBY, a parish in the wapentake of Aswardhurn, parts of Kesteven, county Lincoln, 8 miles S.E. of Grantham, its post town, and 4½ N. of the Corby railway station. The parish, which is much scattered, is situated on the river Glen, and contains the hamlet of Scotland. The soil is various, in some parts gravelly and in others clayey. The living is a rectory'' in the diocese of Lincoln, value £600, in the patronage of Christ's College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a stone building, with square tower containing three bells. There is a Sunday-school. In this parish is an ancient encampment, 500 feet in diameter, and several barrows called the Round hills. Lord Aveland is lord of the manor and principal landowner."
"SCOTLAND, a hamlet in the parish of Ingoldsby, county Lincoln, 3 miles N. of Corby."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2020
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The Library at Grantham will prove useful in your research.
- The parish was in the Colsterworth sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- In an 1890 re-organization, the parish was allocated to the new "Grantham South" sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | H.O. 107 / 620 |
| 1851 | H.O. 107 / 2102 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2347 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3355 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2582 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew. It was originally St. Andrew.
- The dedication of this church changed from St. Andrew to St. Bartholomew in the 19th Century.
- The church was built in the 12th century.
- The church tower was added in the 16th century.
- The church was renovated in 1858.
- The church seats 200.
- There is a photograph of St. Bartholomew Church on the Wendy PARKINSON web site under her "Still more Lincolnshire churches".
- J. HANNAH-BRIGSS has a photograph of the "church interior on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.
- Here is a photograph of St. Bartholomew Church (Ron COLE retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1566.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Beltisloe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here 1863.
- For more on these chapels and their records, check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Colsterworth sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- In an 1890 re-organization, the parish was allocated to the new "Grantham South" sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish lies 5 miles north of Corby and 8.5 miles south-east of Grantham. The hamlet of Scotland lies in this parish, just west of the village. The parish covers almost 2,400 acres.
If you are planning a visit, see:
- By automobile, take the B1176 arterial road southeast out of Grantham and turn left (east) at Boothby Pagnall.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"INGOLDSBY, a parish in the wapentake of Aswardhurn, parts of Kesteven, county Lincoln, 8 miles S.E. of Grantham, its post town, and 4½ N. of the Corby railway station. The parish, which is much scattered, is situated on the river Glen, and contains the hamlet of Scotland. The soil is various, in some parts gravelly and in others clayey. The living is a rectory'' in the diocese of Lincoln, value £600, in the patronage of Christ's College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a stone building, with square tower containing three bells. There is a Sunday-school. In this parish is an ancient encampment, 500 feet in diameter, and several barrows called the Round hills. Lord Aveland is lord of the manor and principal landowner."
"SCOTLAND, a hamlet in the parish of Ingoldsby, county Lincoln, 3 miles N. of Corby."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Ingoldsby to another place.
- The parish has an ancient circular encampment, about 500 feet in diameter, which has several barrows. This is called "the Round Hills".
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF010301 (Lat/Lon: 52.858925, -0.501343), Ingoldsby which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
There is a hand-written roll of honour with decorative foliate border of oak leaves and acorns, framed and glazed inside the door of St. Bartholomew's Church. There are 33 names from World War One listed.
Robert HARVEY has a photograph of this Roll of Honour on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2018.
The Roll of Honour mentioned above contains these names (copied from the IWM website):
- Allwood, John (dorey) ?
- Arthur, Healey
- Baxter, Slaney
- Baxter, Tennant
- Bowstead, John
- Bowstead, Thomas
- Bullimore, Horace
- Burton, Fred
- Carter, John Henry
- Dale, Albert Ernest
- Dale, Leonard Richard
- Dale, William Henry
- Exton, Ernest Alfred, pte., 2nd. Duke of Cornwall's Light Inf., died 16-Jan-1919.
- Exton, Harold, R.F.A.
- Flower, Ernest
- Flower, Ernest
- Frederick, Bullock, Lincs Regt.
- Harwood, Fred, Sherwood Foresters
- Healey, John Henry, Lincs. Yeomanry
- Kelham, Alfred, Army Service Corps.
- Marvin, Henry, Lincs Regt.
- Matsell, Albert Claude, pte., 2nd Lincs Regt., died 22-Jan-1915.
- Park, Alfred, Royal Garrison Artillery
- Parker, Thomas Edward, Northumberland Fusiliers, died 10-Apr-1917.
- Pickaver, Horace, Lincs. Yeomanry
- Pickaver, John William, Northumberland Fusiliers
- Robinson, William, Lincs Regt.
- Simpson, Arthur Edgar, Canadian Forces, died 13-Oct-1915.
- Simpson, Cyril, Lincs Regt.
- Simpson, Reginald
- Simpson, Victor Hugh, pte., 9th Sherwood Foresters, died 29-Nov-1916.
- Steele, Harry, Canadian Forces
- Steele, Horace Edward, pte., 7th Lincs Regt., died 5-Sep-1918.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the North division of the ancient Beltisloe Wapentake in the South Kesteven district in the parts of Kesteven.
- Just prior to 1842, the parish was taken from the Aswardhurn Wapentake and re-assigned to Beltisloe.
- You may contact the local Ingoldsby Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
- Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2016.
- For today's district governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spittlegate petty session hearings.
- As a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union.
- A Public Elementary School (mixed) was built here in 1880 to hold up to 105 children.
- Ingoldsby Mixed Primary School has their own web site, but no historical documents are online.
- Robert HARVEY has a photograph of Ingoldsby Academy on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2013.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.