Grantham Registration District

GRANTHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lincolnshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.1.1934 (incorporated into Grantham & West Kesteven, Melton Mowbray, and Sleaford & East Kesteven registration districts).
Sub-districts : Colsterworth, Denton, Grantham, Grantham North, Grantham South.
GRO volumes : XIV (1837–51), 7a (1852–1933).
Registers now held by : Lincolnshire and Leicestershire.

Table 1: List of Places in Grantham Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ancaster	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Ancaster	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Barrowby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Barrowby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Bassingthorpe	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Bitchfield & Bassingthorpe.
Bassingthorpe	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Belton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Belton & Manthorpe.
Belton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Belton & Manthorpe	Parts of Kesteven	1931	1933	Created 1.4.1931 from the parishes of Manthorpe and Belton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Belvoir	Leicestershire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (a).
Bitchfield	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Bitchfield & Bassingthorpe.
Bitchfield	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Bitchfield & Bassingthorpe	Parts of Kesteven	1931	1933	Created 1.4.1931 from the separate parishes of Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe. See also Table 2, note (c).
Boothby Pagnell	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Boothby Pagnell	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Bottesford	Leicestershire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (a).
Braceby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Braceby & Sapperton.
Braceby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Braceby & Sapperton	Parts of Kesteven	1931	1933	Created 1.4.1931 from the separate parishes of Braceby and Sapperton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Burton Coggles	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Burton Coggles	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Carlton Scroop	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Carlton Scroop	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Colsterworth	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Colsterworth	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Croxton Kerrial	Leicestershire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (a).
Denton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Denton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Easton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Easton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Grantham	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Grantham	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Grantham Grange	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Grantham.
Grantham Grange	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1909
Great Gonerby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Great Gonerby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Great Ponton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Great Ponton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Gunby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Gunby & Stainby.
Gunby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Gunby & Stainby	Parts of Kesteven	1931	1933	Created 1.4.1931 from the separate parishes of Gunby and Stainby. See also Table 2, note (b).
Haceby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Newton & Haceby. See also Table 2, note (b).
Haceby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Harlaxton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Harlaxton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Harrowby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Harrowby Within and Harrowby Without.
Harrowby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1894
Harrowby Within	Parts of Kesteven	1894	1909	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Harrowby in Grantham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Grantham.
Harrowby Without	Parts of Kesteven	1894	1931	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Harrowby. Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Londonthorpe & Harrowby Without.
Harston	Leicestershire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (a).
Heydour	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Heydour	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Honington	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Honington	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Hough on the Hill	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Hough on the Hill	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Humby	Lincolnshire	1887	1889	Created 24.3.1887 out of the parishes of Little Humby and Sowerby. Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Ropsley & Humby.
Humby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Ingoldsby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Ingoldsby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Keisby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Lenton Keisby & Osgodby.
Keisby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Knipton	Leicestershire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (a).
Lenton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Lenton Keisby & Osgodby.
Lenton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Lenton Keisby & Osgodby	Parts of Kesteven	1931	1933	Created 1.4.1931 from the separate parishes of Lenton, Keisby, and Osgodby. See also Table 2, note (c).
Little Gonerby	Parts of Kesteven	1894	1909	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby in Grantham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Grantham.
Little Humby	Lincolnshire	1837	1887	Abolished 24.3.1887 and incorporated into the parish of Humby.
Little Ponton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Little Ponton & Stroxton.
Little Ponton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Little Ponton & Stroxton	Parts of Kesteven	1931	1933	Created 1.4.1931 from the separate parishes of Little Ponton and Stroxton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Londonthorpe	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Londonthorpe & Harrowby Without.
Londonthorpe	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Londonthorpe & Harrowby Without	Parts of Kesteven	1931	1933	Created 1.4.1931 out of the parishes of Spittlegate Without, Londonthorpe, Harrowby Without, and Old Somerby. See also Table 2, note (c).
Manthorpe	Parts of Kesteven	1894	1931	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby. Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Belton & Manthorpe.
Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Little Gonerby and Manthorpe.
Manthorpe cum Little Gonerby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1894
Muston	Leicestershire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (a).
New Somerby	Parts of Kesteven	1894	1909	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Somerby in Grantham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Grantham.
Normanton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Normanton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
North Stoke	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Stoke Rochford.
North Stoke	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
North Witham	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
North Witham	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Old Somerby	Parts of Kesteven	1894	1933	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Somerby. See also Table 2, note (c).
Osgodby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Lenton Keisby & Osgodby.
Osgodby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Pickworth	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Pickworth	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Redmile	Leicestershire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (a).
Ropsley	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Ropsley & Humby.
Ropsley	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Ropsley & Humby	Parts of Kesteven	1931	1933	Created 1.4.1931 from the separate parishes of Ropsley and Humby. See also Table 2, note (c).
Sapperton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Braceby & Sapperton.
Sapperton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Skillington	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Skillington	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Somerby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of New Somerby and Old Somerby.
Somerby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1894
South Stoke	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Stoke Rochford.
South Stoke	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
South Witham	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
South Witham	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Spittlegate	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Spittlegate Within and Spittlegate Without.
Spittlegate	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1894
Spittlegate Within	Parts of Kesteven	1894	1909	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Spittlegate in Grantham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Grantham.
Spittlegate Without	Parts of Kesteven	1894	1931	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Spittlegate. Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Londonthorpe & Harrowby Without.
Stainby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Gunby & Stainby.
Stainby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Stoke Rochford	Parts of Kesteven	1931	1933	Created 1.4.1931 out of the parishes of North Stoke, South Stoke, and Wyville cum Hungerton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Stroxton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parish of Little Ponton & Stroxton.
Stroxton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1931
Welby	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Welby	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Woolsthorpe	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Woolsthorpe	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).
Wyville cum Hungerton	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Wyville cum Hungerton	Parts of Kesteven	1889	1933	See Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Grantham Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1934 (abolished)	(a)	Lost the parishes of Belvoir, Bottesford, Croxton Kerrial, Harston, Knipton, Muston, and Redmile, to Melton Mowbray registration district.	2592 in 1931
	(b)	Lost the parish of Haceby (which became part of the parish of Newton & Haceby on 1.4.1931) to Sleaford & East Kesteven registration district.	51 in 1921
	(c)	Lost the parishes of Ancaster, Barrowby, Belton & Manthorpe, Bitchfield & Bassingthorpe, Boothby Pagnell, Braceby & Sapperton, Burton Coggles, Carlton Scroop, Colsterworth, Denton, Easton, Grantham, Great Gonerby, Great Ponton, Gunby & Stainby, Harlaxton, Heydour, Honington, Hough on the Hill, Ingoldsby, Lenton Keisby & Osgodby, Little Ponton & Stroxton, Londonthorpe & Harrowby Without, Normanton, North Witham, Old Somerby, Pickworth, Ropsley & Humby, Skillington, South Witham, Stoke Rochford, Welby, Woolsthorpe, and Wyville with Hungerton, to Grantham & West Kesteven registration district.	32103 in 1921

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