TheDeanery of Lafford is an historicdeanery in theAnglicanDiocese of Lincoln[1] in England. Located around the market town ofSleaford, it covers an area of c.200 square miles and serves a population of c.36,000.[2]
In 1910 the Deanery was divided into the Deaneries of Lafford i or North Lafford, and the Deanery of Lafford ii or South Lafford. The two Deaneries re-merged in 1964 to form Lafford Deanery.[3]
Parishes of the Gilbertine Benefice were added in 2010.[4]
^"About us".The Gilbertine Benefice. Billingborough, Lincolnshire. Retrieved20 April 2012.
^"Williamson, Canon Thomas George"Crockford's Clerical DirectoryJuly 2014 (Church House Publishing)
^"Thorold, Canon John Stephen"Crockford's Clerical DirectoryJuly 2014 (Church House Publishing)
^"Speers, Canon Samuel Hall"Crockford's Clerical DirectoryJuly 2014 (Church House Publishing)
^"Williams, Graham Parry"Crockford's Clerical DirectoryJuly 2014 (Church House Publishing)
^"Mander, Peter John"Crockford's Clerical DirectoryJuly 2014 (Church House Publishing)
^"Patrick, Canon John Andrew"Crockford's Clerical DirectoryJuly 2014 (Church House Publishing)
^"Pennock, Mrs Christine"Crockford's Clerical DirectoryJuly 2014 (Church House Publishing)
^Mills, Louis (3 May 2009)."Lafford Deanery".GENUKI UK and Ireland Genealogy pages. London, United Kingdom: The GENUKI Charitable Trust. Retrieved20 April 2012.In the 19th century, the Lafford Deanery in southern Lincolnshire consisted of the following parishes:
