Saleby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Saleby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands 2½ miles NNE of Alford station on the East Lincolnshire section of the G.N.R., and 11 SE from Louth. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Alford. The parish contains also the hamlet of Thoresthorpe, and comprises 1789 acres; population, 195. The manor belongs to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £250 with residence. The church, rebuilt in 1850, is a building of white brick in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, S porch, and belfry; it has a tomb of 1302. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Administration

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

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Saleby with Thoresthorpe 1555-1837, Lincolnshire is available to browse online.

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Saleby:

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 Saleby from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Saleby (St. Margaret))

Maps

Online maps of Saleby 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:

• Grantham Journal
• Grimsby Daily Telegraph
• Lincolnshire Chronicle
• Lincolnshire Echo
• Lincolnshire Free Press
• Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser
• Stamford Mercury

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