Careby, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Careby, a parish in Lincolnshire, on a branch of the river Glen, half a mile SW of Little Bytham station on the G.N.R., and 5½ miles WSW of Bourn. It has a post and money order office under Stamford; telegraph office, Little Bytham (B.S.) Acreage, 1501; population of the civil parish, 149; of the ecclesiastical, 266. The living is a rectory united with the perpetual curacy of Holywell and Aunby in the diocese of Lincoln; gross yearly value, £331 with residence. The church, a structure of stone in the Early English style, has a western Norman tower and some interesting monuments.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Careby St. Stephen | |
Poor Law union | Bourne | |
Wapentake | Beltisloe |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Careby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1562-1811 | 1754-1775 | 1562-1837 | 1562-1810 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Careby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Careby (St. Stephen))
Maps
Online maps of Careby are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: