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Owmby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Owmby (sometimes called Owmby-by-Spital), a parish in Lincolnshire, on an affluent of the river Ancholme, 2 miles E of Ermine Street, and 7½ WSW of Market Rasen station on the Hull and Lincoln branch of the M.S. & L.R. It has a post office under Lincoln; money order office, Normanby-by-Spital; telegraph office, Ingham. Acreage, 1721; population, 231. The manor belongs to the Dalton family. Many Roman coins have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net Maine, £173 with residence. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is a very ancient building of stone, partly of Norman date, consisting of chancel, nave, N aisle, vestry, and an embattled western tower. The rector of Owmby-by-Spital is also vicar of Normanby-by-Spital. Both churches are dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

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 parishOwmby St. Peter and St. Paul 
Poor Law unionLincoln 
WapentakeAslacoe 

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 Owmby By Spital:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1700-19111738-18921700-19111700-1911

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 Owmby from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Owmby 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:

DistrictWest Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtDN38
Post TownBarnetby

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