Firsby
Note: There are an East Firsby and a West Firsby hamlet, both in Caenby parish.
- The parish was in the Wainfleet sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3390 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Andrew.
- In 1834 the church was reported to be "crumbling".
- The church was rebuilt from local stone in 1856. It is dressed with Ancaster stonework.
- The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- The church seats 150 people.
- There is a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under "more Lincolnshire".
- Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1562.
- TheLondon Family History Centre has the Bishop's Transcripts from 1562 thru 1837 on microfilm.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
- There was also a chapel for Wesleyan Methodists in the village built in 1838. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Wainfleet sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This parish and small village lies 122 miles north of London, 4 miles south-east from Spilsb, 4 miles north-west from Burgh and 8 miles from Skegness. A small stream runs through the parish.
The village lies along the northern side of the Steeping River. For information on visiting:
- Railway service to the village, which started in 1848, closed in 1970. Passenger service had already been suspended in 1939, although many RAF and USAF personnel passed through Firsby on their way to airfields during World War II.
- See our touring page for more sources.
- In 1920 a railway accident at Firsby Station injured many people. Mr. WELCH, a 71-year-old local businessman died the next day from his injuries.
- The national grid reference is TF 4563.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey #261 Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps" page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Wold division of the Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey division of the county, in the parts of Lindsey.
- In March, 1888, this parish was reduced in size slightly to enlarge Irby in the Marsh Civil Parish.
- White's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey division of the county.
- Firsby is governed by the "Firsby Group Parish Council" which includes Bratoft, Great Steeping, Little Steeping and Irby in the Marsh parishes. You may contact them regarding civil or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history searches.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
117 |
| 1831 |
142 |
| 1841 |
196 |
| 1871 |
270 |
| 1881 |
235 |
| 1891 |
228 |
| 1901 |
213 |
| 1911 |
227 |
- The children of this parish attended school in Irby-in-the-Marsh parish. Currently, children go to school in Great Steeping.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 22-February-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
