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Laceby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Laceby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands 4 miles SW by W from Great Grimsby station on the M.S. & L. R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Grimsby. Acreage, 2122; population, 986. An ancient earthwork is near the village, and a remarkable spring, called Wellbeck, dry in winter but copious in summer, is in the neighbourhood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value,, £330. The church is a building of Ancaster stone in the Norman, Early English, and Perpendicular styles. There are also two Primitive Methodist chapels, a Wesleyan chapel, and a temperance liall. An endowed school for the parishes of Laceby, Brad-ley, and Barnoldby-le-Beck has an income of about £120 a year. Oaklands is a chief residence. John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), was for some time rector of this parish.

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 parishLaceby St. Margaret 
Poor Law unionCaistor 
WapentakeBradley-Haverstoe 

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 Laceby:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1538-19111754-17671538-19111527-1911

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 Laceby from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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

CountyNorth East Lincolnshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Postal districtDN37
Post TownGrimsby

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