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Orby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Orby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands 1½ mile NE of Burgh station on the East Lincolnshire section of the G.N.R., and 6 miles E by N of Spilsby. It has a post office under Burgh (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Burgh. Acreage of parish, 2051; population of the civil parish, 304; of the ecclesiastical, 311. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor and part of the land belong to the Ogilvie and Walls families, the remainder to a number of small freeholders. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln, The church, a building of freestone in the Perpendicular style, was built about the end of the 13th century by a prior of Thomholm; had its chancel rebuilt by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1888; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with an embattled western tower; and contains an ancient octagonal font There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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 parishOrby All Saints 
Poor Law unionSpilsby 
WapentakeCandleshoe 

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 Orby:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1726-19111768-17921726-19111726-1911

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 Orby from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictEast Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE24
Post TownSkegness

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