Scamblesby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Scamblesby, a parish, with a large village, in Lincolnshire, on the Wolds, 6 miles N by E of Horncastle, and 4 SE of Donington-upon-Bain station on the Lincoln and Louth branch of the G.N.R. It has a post and money order office under Horncastle; telegraph office, Tetford. Acreage, 2002; population of the civil parish, 325; of the ecclesiastical, 364. The manor belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vicarage, united with Caulkwell, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net value, £316 with residence. Patrons, the Bishop of Lincoln and Earl of Yarborough alternately. The church is a small building of brick in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, and western bell-turret The chancel was rebuilt in 1890-91 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.

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

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Scamblesby from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Scamblesby 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