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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Orby

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 was originally built around the end of the 13th century.
  
  
• The church seats about 120.
  
  
• Check out the church Website for photographs and additional information.
  
  
• 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 the year 1725.
  
  
• We have a small Parish Register Extract text file. Your additions will be welcome.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1837 to hold about 80 persons. For more on researching these chapel records, 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 began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Orby is both a village and a parish that lies west of the Orby Marsh about 9 miles east of Spilsby and 5 miles west of Skegness just north of the A158 trunk road. Burgh le Marsh parish lies to the south, Willoughby parish to the north, and Gunby parish to the west. The parish covers just over 2,000 acres.

The village itself sits on a small rise above the marshland. If you are planning a visit:

• Nearby, Sycamore Lakes offers fishing.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4967.
  
  
• 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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Military History

• RAF Orby opened in 1941 as a "ground control intercept" (CGI) radar station. It operated as a subsidiary unit of RAF Digby.
  
  
• During the war the site operated as a satellite bomb storage dump for RAF Market Stainton.
  
  
• RAF Orby closed in August, 1945.
  
  
• The site was used for many years as a stock car racetrack.
  

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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 Marsh division of the ancient Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• You can contact the Orby Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history searches.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• 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	183
1821	282
1831	247
1841	381
1871	374
1881	410
1891	304
1901	310
1911	306

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Schools

• A Council School was built here in 1836 and rebuilt in 1874.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire Archives have the Orby School log books from 1875 to 1940 (ORBY CP).
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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