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Saxby (Market Rasen), Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Saxby (near Market Rasen), a parish in Lincolnshire, on the river Ancholme, 5½ miles WNW of Wickenby station on the Hull and Lincoln branch of the M.S. & L.R., and 7 SW by W of Market Rasen. Post town, Lincoln; money order office, Normanby-by-Spital; telegraph office, Welton. Acreage, 1368; population of the civil parish, 129; of the ecclesiastical, with Firsby, 194. The manor, with all the land, belongs to the Earl of Scarborough. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Firsby, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint gross value, £72 with residence. The church, which was originally erected as a mortuary chapel for the Saundersons, Earls of Castleton, is a small building of brick in the Classic style.

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 parishSaxby St. Helen 
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 Saxby Owmby:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1666-1911 1668-19111666-1911

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Saxby (Market Rasen) from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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