Riby
- Brian Chester has provided a Monument Inscription lookup feature at his website for St. Edmund Church.
- The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Edmund.
- The church was rebuilt of stone in 1868, with the exception of the tower.
- The church seats 160.
- A photograph of the Anglican parish church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
- Here is a photo of Saint Edmund's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyrights).
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1559.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was erected here in 1884.
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- 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.
Riby is a parish and a small village 7 miles northeast of Caistor, 7 miles south of Grimsby and 4 miles south of Stallingborough. The parish covers about 2,800 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Riby Grove was the manor of the TOMLINE family.
- The national grid reference is TA 1807.
- 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.
- From "The Stuarts and Commonwealth, Civil War!": "A further siege was planned, but was called off when the Parliamentary troops rebelled, mainly because of discontent over arrears of pay. The Newark raiders extended their activities over a wider area than ever, with successful raids against Riby in Lincolnshire, Rockingham, Torksey House (Lincolnshire) and Barton-upon-Humber."
- From a local bible: "John Harrington Esqr Lieutenant Colonel slain at the Fight at Riby Gap the 18th of June was buried the 19 of the same Month - 1645 in Stallingborough Church. John Mugson a Cavalier wounded at the Fight at Riby Gap was buried the 20 Day of June".
- Kelly's Directory for Lincolnshire for 1885: "An encounter, called "the Battle of Riby Grip," [sic] took place here, June 18, 1645, between the Royalists, under Col. Foster, and a Parliamentary force, under Col. Harrison, in which the latter were routed, and their leader slain; nine soldiers, who also fell, were buried in the churchyard, and Col. Harrison at Stallingborough."
- The parish was in the eastern division of the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports, perhaps erroneously, that the parish was in the North Lindsey division of the county.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby Petty Sessional courts.
- In 1848, almshouses were built here for four poor men of the village by Col. TOMLINE.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
158 |
| 1831 |
163 |
| 1871 |
222 |
| 1891 |
288 |
| 1911 |
268 |
- A National School was built here in 1890 for 60 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 18-August-2008 - Louis R. Mills]
