Redbourne (Redbourn)
- The parish was in the Brigg sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- The North Lincolnshire Library has copies of the Redbourne census for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901.
- For help with the census for 1841 and 1851, contact Anne-Marie Taylor.
- 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 / 3427 |
| 1881 |
R.G. 11 / 3282 |
- The Anglican church is dedicated to St. Andrew.
- The church is the burial place of the BEAUCLERK family (the Dukes of St. Albans) and contains memorials to the CARTER family as well.
- The church seats about 150.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in May, 1978.
- Tours of the church and its 18th century tower are offered by the Churches Conservation Trust during good weather on Saturdays and Sundays from 10AM to 5PM.
- A photograph of the church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
- Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The parish register dates from 1558, but Bishop's transcripts only go back to 1599.
- The North Lincolnshire Library has copies of the Redbourne parish register for baptisms 1558 - 1971, burials 1558 - 1976 and marriages 1558 - 1968.
- The The Lincolnshire Family History Society has indexed burials in the Kirton Lindsey area for 1813-1900, including Redbourne.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Brigg sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Redbourne is both a village and a parish in the north of Lincolnshire, just west of the River Ancholme. The parish lies 17 miles north of the City of Lincoln and five miles southwest of Brigg. Hibaldstow parish lies to the north, Waddingham parish to the south and Kirton in Lindsey parish to the west. The parish covers just under 3,980 acres of low cars or marshes.
The village of Redbourne is about a half mile east of the old Roman road, Ermine Street, now the A15 trunk road. If you are planning a visit:
- Take the A15 trunk road north out of Lincoln. Alternatively, take the B1207 south off of the M180 Motorway between Brigg and Scunthorpe.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- The parish contains a small moated area, called Tunstal, which is the site of a small priory of Gilbertine nuns, founded in the reign of Stephen by Reginald de CREVEQUER.
- In 1813, a canal was cut from Redbourne to the Ancholme River.
- Anne-Marie Taylor has done extensive research into Redbourne's past.
- The Duke of St. Albans was the sole landowner until recent times.
- Redbourn Hall was anciently held by the SOTHILL family, then the CARTER family.
- Redbourn Hall, near the village, was the seat of the Duke of St. Albans (Lord William BEAUCLERK) from 1816.
- The national grid reference is SK 9799.
- 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 origin of the parish name is Old English hreod+burna, for "reedy stream". It appeared in the 1086 Domesday Book as Radburne.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- Here's a list of surnames from White's 1871 Directory: BREARLEY, CAMPBELL, CUTHBERT, DANNATT, DORNER, GODFREY, GOODHAND, HALL, HERRING, HILL, NOCTON, OSGODBY, ROWLEY, TRAVIS, and WALKER.
- Kelley's 1913 Directory lists these surnames: ADAIR, BEEL, CAMPBELL, FORD, GODFREY, GOODHAND, GREEN, HERRING, MASON, ROWBOTTOM, SKELTON, STOTHARD, WILSON, and WRIGHT.
- The parish was in the ancient Manley Wapentake in the Glanford district in the parts of Lindsey.
- There was a Thomas WATERHOUSE Charity, established in 1723, which contributed £2 each year for fuel for the poor.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
200 |
| 1831 |
300 |
| 1841 |
377 |
| 1871 |
336 |
| 1891 |
321 |
| 1911 |
347 |
| 1921 |
401 |
| 1931 |
376 |
| 1951 |
543 |
| 2001 |
386 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1840 at the cost of the 10th Duke of St. Albans (as a National School) on Castle Hill and enlarged in 1891 to hold up to 62 children. Average attendance in 1913 was 42.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 15-March-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
