Silk Willoughby or Silkby cum Willoughby, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Silk Willoughby or Silkby-cum-Willoughby, a parish and a small village in Lincolnshire, 2 miles S from Sleaford, and 2½ S from Rauceby station on the Grantham and Sleaford branch of the G.N.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Sleaford. Acreage, 2590; population, 275. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dysart, who is also chief landowner. The old manor house, originally a seat of the Armyn family, is now a farmhouse. An ancient cross, having the emblems of the four Evangelists carved on the base, stands at the junction of Silkby and Willoughby. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £370 with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Dysart. The church is a fine ancient edifice in the Norman, Late Decorated, and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel (rebuilt in 1878), nave, aisles, S porch, and a western tower, surmounted by an octagonal spire. It has a beautiful Norman font, and a traceried rood screen belonging to the Early Perpendicular period. There was formerly a chapel in that part of the parish known as Silkby, but this has disappeared.
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 | Silk Willoughby St. Denis | |
Poor Law union | Sleaford | |
Wapentake | Aswardhurn |
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 Silk Willoughby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1562-1911 | 1800-1800 | 1562-1836 | 1562-1812 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Silk Willoughby or Silkby cum Willoughby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Willoughby, Silk (St. Denis))
Maps
Online maps of Silk Willoughby or Silkby cum Willoughby 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: