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.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Poor Law union | Horncastle | |
Wapentake | Gartree |
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:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1569-1911 | 1571-1836 | 1569-1898 |
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: