Irby in the Marsh, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Irby-in-the-Marsh, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands near the river Steeping, and near Firsby station on the G.N.R., 5 miles ESE from Spilsby. The parish comprises 770 acres, and its post town and money order office is Burgh; telegraph office, Firsby railway station. Population, 141. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Bratoft, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net yearly value, £360, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The church is very ancient but good, and consists of nave and chancel, with a low tower. The chancel was restored and a vestry built in 1886. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and the parish shares with Burgh-in-the-Marsh in Holden's charity, which is worth about £110 a year.

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 Irby In The Marsh:

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Irby in the Marsh from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Irby-in-the-Marsh (All Saints))

Maps

Online maps of Irby in the Marsh 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