Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Hibaldstow, a large village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands near Ermine Street and the river Ancholme, three-quarters of a mile S from Scawby station on the M.S. & L.B., and 3½ miles SWfrom Glanford Brigg. It has a post office under Brigg; money order and telegraph office, Scawby. The parish comprises 4557 acres; population, 818. The manor belongs to the Dallisons. Roman coins and other Roman relics have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £301. The church is a building of stone in the Early English style, and there are Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. There are important lime and cement works.
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 | Hibaldstow St. Hibald | |
Poor Law union | Glandford-Brigg | |
Wapentake | Manley |
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 Hibaldstow:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1631-1911 | 1653-1653 | 1632-1911 | 1631-1911 |
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 Hibaldstow from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hibaldstow (St. Hibald))
Maps
Online maps of Hibaldstow 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: