Sotby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Sotby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, 8 miles NNW of Horncastle, and 3 SW from East Bartwith station on the Louth and Lincoln branch of the G.N.R. Post town and money order office, Wragby; telegraph office, South Willingham. Acreage, 1646; population, 166. The manor belongs to Captain R. C. De Grey Vyner. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £224 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, which was restored and partly rebuilt in 1859, is a small building of stone in the Early English and Norman styles, consisting of chancel and nave, with an open belfry. The remains of some very ancient mural paintings were discovered on the splays of the chancel windows during the restoration.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 Sotby:

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 Sotby from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sotby (St. Peter))

Maps

Online maps of Sotby 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:

• Grantham Journal
• Grimsby Daily Telegraph
• Lincolnshire Chronicle
• Lincolnshire Echo
• Lincolnshire Free Press
• Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser
• Stamford Mercury