Fulletby
- The village library was founded in 1850 by Henry WINN, who contributed his own books to start the collection.
- The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2369 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3383 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2599 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Andrew.
- The church is built of green sandstone.
- The Church of St. Andrew was rebuilt in 1705, but its tower fell down in 1799. The church was rebuilt again in 1865.
- The Church of St. Andrew is now part of the Hemingby Group of the Horncastle Deanery.
- The church seats 120.
- There is a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under "Yet 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 1750 for baptisms and burials and 1756 for marriages.
- We have the beggining of a Parish Register Extract in a pop-up text file. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Hill rural deanery.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel here, built in 1802 and rebuilt in 1836. The Primitive Methodists built theirs in 1839. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which begain in July, 1837.
Fulletby is both a village and a parish in the Wold hills, 3.5 miles northeast of Horncastle, 11 miles south of Louth and 8 miles northwest of Spilsby. Belchford parish lies to the north and Salmonby parish to the east. The parish covers about 1,950 acres.
Fulletby village is a small place in a low valley. If you are planning a visit:
- The village is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book.
- In 1841 the village consisted primarily of Mud-and-Stud cottages. A fine example is "Lizzie's cottage", which is a Grade 2 historical building on Chapel Lane.
- In 1849, six Roman urns were dug up in the parish. They appeared to be funery urns as they contained burned bone fragments.
- The national grid reference is TF 2973.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the South Lindsey division of the county.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- The common fields were enclosed here in 1777.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
190 |
| 1811 |
213 |
| 1821 |
254 |
| 1831 |
250 |
| 1841 |
243 |
| 1851 |
272 |
| 1871 |
271 |
| 1881 |
259 |
| 1891 |
161 |
| 1911 |
163 |
| 1991 |
76 |
- The parish school was built in 1849-50 and could hold 40 children. The school was founded by Henry WINN.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 30-December-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
