Raithby cum Maltby, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Raithby-cum-Maltby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, 2 miles SW of Louth, and about a quarter of a mile S of Hallington station on the Louth and Lincoln branch of the G.N.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Louth. Acreage, 1963; population, 198. The manor belongs to the Chaplin family, who are sole landowners. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Hallington, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net value, £404 with residence. The church was built in 1839 at a cost of £4000, is in the florid Gothic style, and consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with pinnacled tower. The interior was greatly improved in 1884.
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 | Raithby St. Peter | |
Hundred | Louth-Eske | |
Poor Law union | Louth |
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 Raithby Louth:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1654-1911 | 1660-1836 | 1653-1812 |
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 Raithby cum Maltby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Raithby (St. Peter))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:
- Grantham Journal
- Grimsby Daily Telegraph
- Lincolnshire Chronicle
- Lincolnshire Echo
- Lincolnshire Free Press
- Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser
- Stamford Mercury