Raithby, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Raithby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands 2 miles NW of Spilsby station on a branch of the East Lincolnshire section of the G.N.R., and 7 SW of Alford, and has a post and money order office under Spilsby; telegraph office, Spilsby. The parish comprises 891 acres; population, 152. Raithby Hall is a fine mansion of red brick, which was erected in 1776. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Mavis Enderby, in the diocese of Lincoln, joint net yearly value, £419 with residence. The church, which was restored and in great part rebuilt in 1873, is a building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and western tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
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 | Raithby Holy Trinity | |
Hundred | Soke of Bolingbroke | |
Poor Law union | Spilsby |
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 Raithby Spilsby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1558-1812 | 1777-1777 | 1559-1837 | 1558-1812 |
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 Raithby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Raithby (Holy Trinity))
Maps
Online maps of Raithby 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: