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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Keelby

Cemeteries

• Brian Chester has provided a Monument Inscription lookup feature at his website for Keelby cemetery.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• In the 1891 census, the parish is indexed as North Kelsey, Enum Dist, 15 and 16.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew.
  
  
• The church is over 600 years old. Some portions date back to Norman times.
  
  
• The church seats about 244.
  
  
• A photograph of St. Bartholomew's Church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Bartholomew's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1565.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• There was an Wesleyan Methodist chapel with a Sunday School built in the parish in 1867. The Primitive Methodists have an earlier one, built in 1850. Check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

This village and parish lies about 7 miles northeast of Caistor and 9 miles west of Grimsby. Riby parish lies to the southeast. The parish covers about 1,860 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A18 arterial road west out of Laceby or east out of Great Limber. The road runs along the southwest border of the village.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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History

• A Foresters' Hall was built here in 1847. The foundation stone was laid by Lord Worsley.
  
  
• A Church Institute was built here in 1898 of white brick. It holds about 200 persons.
  
  
• The village used to hold a pleasure fair every 10th of July.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 1610.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• In the 1086 Domesday Book, the name is given as "Chelebi", meaning "ridge valley". The name was given by the Danes.
  
  
• Locals pronounce the name as "KEEL-bee". Others may use "KEEL-bi".
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the East Division of the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• At times, due to government re-organisation, the parish has been in the North Lindsey district.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Mrs. Alice SOUTH left 10 acres of land for the poor in 1605. This bequest still provides for small gifts at Christmas for local retired villagers.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A School Board was formed on 14 Feb, 1873.
  
  
• A Board School was built in 1879 to hold up to 150 children.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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