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Bonby or Bondeby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Bonby or Bondeby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, on the river Ancholme, 3 miles NW of Elsham station on the M.S. & L.R., and 6 N of Brigg, with a post office under Hull; money order office, Worlaby; telegraph office, Elsham (R.S.) Acreage of parish, 2467; population, 341. An alien priory was founded here in the time of King John, and given to the Chartreux House at Beanval in Notts in the time of Henry IV. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £186 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Yarborough. The church is an ancient building of brick in the Early English style. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.

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 parishBonby St. Andrew 
Poor Law unionGlandford-Brigg 
WapentakeYarborough 

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 Bonby:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1649-19111754-17981649-19111649-1911

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 Bonby or Bondeby from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Bonby or Bondeby are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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

CountyNorth Lincolnshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Postal districtDN20
Post TownBrigg

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