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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lincolnshire => Topic started by: galiano on Monday 10 January 11 00:46 GMT (UK)
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After years of wanting to do this, we are coming from Canada in May and will be staying a couple of days in Martin to do family research. Our family ( Lupton ) goes back into the early 1800's in Martin and earlier in Dunston. I'm going to visit the local churchyards but I'm wondering if there are museums or town halls with early photos or archives that would be useful. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.
Is there some good way to find out actual addresses of where our ancestors lived ? I know that some census mention High Street or whatever mostly without actual house numbers.
Is there a local phone book online so I can lookup Luptons in the area ? ( just curious if any are still there )
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The reasonably rural areas such as Martin would often not have house numbers given for addresses, and those that have may not correspond to the current numbering used. You could always try and consult the historical directories website for entries in the surname throughout the county.
As for the archive images, you would really be looking at the main reference library and also the county archives (they sit opposite a main road in Lincoln itself). The library at Sleaford may have some local history and local FHS publications but Lincoln would be a better use of the journey as you will have access to far more information.
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www.bt.com is the local phone book but you will need to specify an area - putting in Lincoln or Sleaford might be the best bet. The local paper and local radio are very keen to run stories of looking for relatives. When I did that some years ago I got lots of replies and met some relatives who were still in the area though my branch had left in the mid 1800s.
Andrea
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Yes, As Glen says, Lincolnshire Archives, St. Rumbold St. Lincoln are the best bet, then you could go on to the villages concerned.
Suggest you would do best to stay in Lincoln itself.
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We'll be staying a couple of nights in a bed and breakfast in Martin only a few houses away from where my Gr. grandfather lived ln 1901 and likely further back from that.
Would " 24 Town Street " pre 1900 likely be what is now referred to as 24 High Street " ?? I assume Town street and High Street are the same thing ?
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Would " 24 Town Street " pre 1900 likely be what is now referred to as 24 High Street " ?? I assume Town street and High Street are the same thing ?
Is "24" in the first column of the census page - representing the schedule number - or the second column which would truly be a house number?
I'm not sure the village was large enough to warrant numbering in the 1800s.
As regards the point in your first post - finding where they lived - it's sometimes possible to work out that they lived two houses from the Red Lion, or next door to the vicarage.
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Martin is kind of right in the triangle of the three libraries that would probably be useful to you - those at Boston, Sleaford and the Lincoln Archives, the latter being your best bet.
You dont say if you have hired a car, but Metheringham would probably be your nearest railway station and you can get to all three places from there.
Good luck and happy hunting.
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Though you can use Metheringham station for local trips, remember it is a village halt, and as such unstaffed with an absolute minimum of facilities. For intercity purposes it has to be Lincoln station, unless there have been vast changes in the last 7 years.
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Im so used to those little stops I was forgetting that bit - thanks Red. Of course our beloved county was once blessed with far more railway stations. a pox apon the Beeching name.
Anyway, have fun Galiano :)
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Hi,
Try the GENuki website. Lincolnshire seems to have some suitable details. Are you a member of the Family History Society? you could check out their website too. Enjoy your trip.
HTH
Regards,
Megran.
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Im so used to those little stops I was forgetting that bit - thanks Red. Of course our beloved county was once blessed with far more railway stations. a pox apon the Beeching name.
Anyway, have fun Galiano :)
Sadly the closure of Metheringham station (Blankney and Metheringham as it was on closure) predated the Beeching closure. I think the station was closed in the early 1950s, and reopened on the same site and platforms as Metheringham in the early 1970s.
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Sadly the closure of Metheringham station (Blankney and Metheringham as it was on closure) predated the Beeching closure. I think the station was closed in the early 1950s,
Yes and no ... it closed 11 Sept 1961 :)
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Thanks Geoff, I thought it predated the beginnings of my railway employment, but obviously not.
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oooh I didnt know that - mind u I wasnt born til 65 and as Red knows, the line that most interested me was Boston to Skeg - via Firsby Station where my mum was born.
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The Firsby line (East Lincolnshire) was also not a victim of the Beeching cuts; though it was earmarked for closure in the Beeching report it was reprieved by the incoming government in 1964, but was closed in 1970 I believe Geoff.
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The Firsby line (East Lincolnshire) was also not a victim of the Beeching cuts; though it was earmarked for closure in the Beeching report it was reprieved by the incoming government in 1964, but was closed in 1970 I believe Geoff.
Yes, 1970 :)
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September if I remember correctly. We caused a sensation by travelling home to Doncaster from Boston via Grimsby one August sunday that year, no one had though of that, but it was quicker and for fare payers cheaper which was why it wasn't advertised. They made more money out of the route via Peterborough!
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September if I remember correctly.
Close but no cigar - 5th October :P
I had ancestors at Louth station in 1851 - the Station Inspector's sister and mother were there.
He was a railway guard in 1842 (marriage), then had children born at
Croydon 1843 and 1847 (his wife's family lived there), the second one bap Newmarket ???
Louth 1851
Lincoln 1854
By 1861 he was a varnish maker.
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That's right Geoff, they changed the TTs in October then, later it went to September, now it's when the EU tell us to I think. Varnish maker in 1861; still with the railways?
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Varnish maker in 1861; still with the railways?
No, self employed. Asphaltum and Varnish Manufactrer.
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all I recall is visiting the derelict station in 1973, and it was there and we walked all round it, and going back in 1974 and it was demolished (apart from one end the stationmasters house) my mums house next door was flat as a pancake. :(
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I vaguely remember going on a Cub outing in 1958 from Lincoln to Mablethorpe. It's not clear to me why we should have gone to Firsby ??? It would make sense if we'd gone to Skeg ... perhaps we did. ::) Anyway, we stopped in Firsby for quite a while (steam train).
My last recollection of rail travel in east Lincs would have been a journey from Lincoln to Sutton on Sea in 1964.
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You may have gone from Lincoln via the "New line" through Tumby Woodside etc, and joined the East Lincs south of Firsby at Little Steeping, then changed at Firsby from a Skegness train into something from Boston (or Nottingham etc.?) which was going on to Mablethorpe.Looking at the bottom photo on p713 of December Steam Days, the one of 61159 on 11 July 1956 taken from the Locomotive Street pedestrian bridge shows how immaculately the track was kept in that period even on a secondary route likje the East Lincs. Then however, BR employed staff in the Engineer's Dept known as scavengers whose job it was to dispose of any rubbish and left over materials remaining on the right of way. No chance of vandalism causing derailments then. The did away with scavengers to save money, so many years later we had Hatfield etc.etc.
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Popped in for a catch up :)
and nothings changed ::)
boys of Lincolnshire persuasion going of the point or rails :)
talking choo trains again ,what are you like ;)
Eilleen.
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ooerr last I looked I was a girlie ;)
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Maybe off the point Eileen, but still on the rails!
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Eilleen: I saw in your signature that you research the Pindar/Pinder line? I have quite a few questions for you? Should I start another thread?