Buslingthorpe
This village and parish are 4 miles south-west of Market Rasen and 11.5 miles north-east of Lincoln. Two or three miles north-east of Snarford and 1/2 mile east of Faldingworth lies St Michael's Church with just two or three cottages and a manor house moat to the east of the church. The parish covers about 1,400 acres.
The Medieval village is pretty much gone. If you are planning a visit:
- The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor 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 / 629 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2396 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3426 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2624 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Michael.
- The nave and chancel were rebuilt by E.J. WILLSON in 1835 out of yellow brick but the short medieval west tower had the top part rebuilt also in the 19th century.
- The interior of the church was restored and reseated in 1888.
- The church seated 60 people.
- The church at Buslingthorpe was declared redundant in 1986. It is still usually open to visitors on obtaining the key as instructed.
- The church is now in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. According to Arthur MEE's, "The King's England - Lincolnshire":
"Buslingthorpe. Its modest little church, standing in a field, has two treasures from the past -- memorials of the De Buslingthorpes who were lords of this manor three centuries before the Tudor Dynasty."
- David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of St. Michael's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2004.
- Here is a photograph of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1760 for burials and baptisms and from 1762 for marriages.
- We have a handful of entries extracted from the Buslingthorpe parish register. Your additions are welcome.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- J. HANNAN-BRIGGS provides a photograph of the Memorial to Charles and Hannah ODLING family on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2011.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- The village had a station on the Lincoln, Cleethorpes and Hull branch of the Great Central railway in the late 1800s.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Site of Buslingthorpe village at the Geo-graph website, taken in November, 2013.
- The family of DE BUSLINGTHORPE (also seen as BOSELYNGTHORPE) held this place from circa 1170 to the 15th century. It afterwards passed to the TYRWHITT family.
- The manor house was gone by 1912, but traces of the moat still remain.
- Richard CROFT provides a photograph of Manor Farm at the Geo-graph website, taken in 2007.
- The national grid reference is TF 0885.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
For a photograph of a War Memorial plaque in the church, see the Flickr web site.
There is a second War Memorial plaque in the church. See the Flickr web site.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Lawress or Walshcroft Wapentake (depending on date) in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The parish gained over 300 acres from surrounding parishes in 1887, bringing it up to 1,407 acres in size.
- The citizens of this parish have elected to forgo a formal Parish Council, but they hold periodic Parish Meetings to discuss civil and political issues.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard on the 1st Tuesday each month at the Market Rasen petty session hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
48 |
| 1831 |
55 |
| 1851 |
51 |
| 1871 |
57 |
| 1891 |
82 |
| 1911 |
88 |
Last updated on 21-November-2015
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