Corby, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Corby, a small town and parish in Lincolnshire. The town stands on the river Glen, and on the Roman road to Anc aster, adjacent to the G.N.R., 11 miles SSE of Grantham, and has a station on the railway, a post, money order, and telegraph office under Grantham, and a large fair on the Monday before 11 Oct. A statute fair for servants is held in May. The parish comprises 2906 acres; population, 745. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Irnham, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint gross yearly value, £688, with residence. The church is Decorated English, was partially restored in 1861, and has a square pinnacled tower. There are Wesleyan and Roman Catholic chapels. A grammar school, founded in 1669, has £48 from endowment.
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 | Corby St. John the Evangelist | |
Poor Law union | Bourne | |
Wapentake | Beltisloe |
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 Corby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1564-1890 | 1653-1801 | 1564-1837 | 1564-1896 |
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 Corby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Corby (St. John the Evangelist))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: