Hundleby, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Hundleby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands 1 mile WNW from Spilsby station on tha G.N.R., and 4½ miles NW from Firsby, and is a pleasant place. Tost town and money order and telegraph office, Spilsby. Area, 1027 acres; population, 562. The manor belongs to the Earl of Ancaster. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £147. Patron, Earl of Ancaster. The church was rebuilt in 1855; is in the Later English style; consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with a tower, and has a handsome stone pnlpit. There are a Wes-leyan chapel, and charities, £3 10s. The Spilsby Workhouse also is here.
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 | Hundleby St. Mary | |
Poor Law union | Spilsby |
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 Hundleby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1813-1878 | 1746-1800 | 1754-1911 | 1813-1891 |
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 Hundleby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hundleby (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Hundleby 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: