GENUKI: Hundleby, LIN

Hundleby

The parish was in the Spilsby 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 / 3392A & 3393A

The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Mary.
The church was originally built in the 15th century, but it was in delapidated condition by the early 1800s.
The church was pulled down and rebuilt in 1854-5. The new church opened in May, 1855.
The church seats about 200.
Here is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):

St. Mary's Church

The parish register dates from 1707.
The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
Some sources show the parish church being in the Hill (No. 1) rural deanery of Lincoln. This may be the same entity as described above.
There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the parish. The first one was replaced in 1871. 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 Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.

This parish is located just west of Spilsby parish. The parish covers just over 1,020 acres.

Today, the village is a suburb of the town of Spilsby. If you are planning a visit:

The national grid reference is TF 3866.
You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
See our "Maps" page for additional resources.

The parish was in the East division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey.
The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
In December, 1880, a detached portion of this parish was transferred to the new parish of West Fen.

The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1804.
As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
The Spilsby Poor Law Union Workhouse was located in this parish.
Bastardy cases for the Spilsby sub-district would be heard in this parish.

This parish had a long-standing right to send three students to a Raithby parish free school.
An Elementary School was built in this parish. In 1884 it was enlarged to hold up to 120 children.
For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.

[Last updated: 14-February-2011 - Louis R. Mills]