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North Ormsby
Census
- The parish was in the Binbrook sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census Year | Piece No. |
---|---|
1841 | H.O. 107 / 641 |
1851 | H.O. 107 / 2112 |
1861 | R.G. 9 / 2384 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3406 |
1881 | R.G. 11 / 3264 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2609 |
Churches
North Ormsby, Church of England |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the North Ormsby area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- A priory of Gildbertine nuns was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and founded here in the reign of Stephen.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Helen. Some directories (Kelly's and White's) give the dedication to All Saints, but this is incorrect.
- The church was rebuilt in 1848.
- The church seats about 100 people.
- In the churchyard, six graves have been found, reputedly from Saxon burials.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in December, 1980. In 1984 it was sold for residential use.
- Here is a photo of St. Helen's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1741.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Louth Eske Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
Civil Registration
- The parish was in the Binbrook sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Description and Travel
This village and parish are 7 miles north-west of Louth. Ludborough parish is to the north. The parish covers about 1,700 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A16 trunk road between Louth and Grimsby. The village is south of the A18 interconnect, just west of the A16.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
You can see pictures of North Ormsby which are provided by:
Gazetteers
Ask for a calculation of the distance from North Ormsby to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which North Ormsby has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
History
- Chalk was once quarried in the parish.
- The ancient village of North Ormsby was abandoned in medieval times.
- The ancient village site is preserved as a "Deserted Medieval Village".
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the deserted village area on Geo-graph, taken in 2006.
Maps
- You might like the 1906 inch-to-the-mile map of North East Lincolnshire.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF280930 (Lat/Lon: 53.41828, -0.075448), North Ormsby which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
Names, Geographical
- This parish is also listed as "Nun Ormsby". This may have been because of the Nunnery established here after The Conquest.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Ludborough Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- North Ormsby is small enough that it feels it can manage its civil and political functions via a Parish Meeting called as needed.
- For today's distric governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth petty session hearings.
Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 79 1831 111 1841 132 1871 175 1881 180 1891 183 1901 122 1911 120
Schools
- A National School opened here in 1879.
- In 1913 the children of this parish were attending school in nearby Utterby.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.