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Claxby (Well), Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Claxby St Andrew, a parish in Lincolnshire, three-fourths of a mile W of Willoughby station on the G.N.R., and 3 miles S of Alford. Post town, Alford; money order and telegraph office, Willoughby. Acreage, 1087; population, 87. Three sides of an ancient rectangular camp, probably Roman, and tumuli crowned with trees are here, and limestone is found. The living is a vicarage annexed to the rectory of Well in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is a building of brick in the Norman style.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishClaxby St. Andrew 
HundredCalceworth 
Poor Law unionSpilsby 

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 Claxby By Alford:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1699-19111754-17541699-19101699-1911

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Claxby (Well) from the following:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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