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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Irby in the Marsh

Census

• The parish was in the Burgh 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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• The church is built of sandstone and brick and was restored in 1863, then partially rebuilt in 1886.
  
  
• The church only seats about 95 people.
  
  
• A photograph of the Anglican church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1539.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith & Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• A Primitive Methodist chapel was buyilt here in 1837 and Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here in 1889. For information and assistance in researching Methodist chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Burgh sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

This village and small parish are 125 miles north of London and 5 miles east southeast of Spilsby. Firsby parish lies to the west and Bratoft parish to the east. The parish only covers about 770 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B1195 arterial road east out of Spilsby toward Wainfleet for about 5 miles.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4663.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• In March, 1888, this Civil Parish gained a portion of Firsby Civil Parish, but it lost over 300 acres in parish boundary changes.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 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.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In 1503 John HOLDEN left by will 54 acres of land to let for charitable purposes.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	87
1831	96
1841	139
1871	170
1881	178
1891	141
1911	139

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Schools

• The first school was built here in 1844, funded by Holden's Charity.
  
  
• A School Board was formed in the parish on 10 March 1876 and the district included Firsby, Bratoft and Irby in the Marsh.
  
  
• A Board School was built in 1880 to hold up to 100 children.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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