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 table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2393 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3422 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2622 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Edmund.
- The church was originally built in the 12th century.
- The church was rebuilt of stone in 1868, with the exception of the tower.
- The church seats 200.
- A photograph of the Anglican parish church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- John FIRTH has a photograph of St. Edmund's church on Geo-graph, taken on a June day, 2011.
- Richard CROFT has a fine photograph of church interior on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2010.
- Here is a photo of Saint Edmund's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyrights).
- 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.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- 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:
- By automobile, take the A1173 trunk road north-east out of Caistor. Right at the A18 intersection and you will find yourself in Riby.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- 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."
- A granite column was erected just inside the churchyard as a memorial to the 12 men of the parish who died in World War I.
- Locals pronounce the name as "RY-bee", not "RIB-ee" according to Pamela BAILLE (2004).
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- 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.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- 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. G. TOMLINE.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
158 |
| 1831 |
163 |
| 1871 |
222 |
| 1881 |
273 |
| 1891 |
288 |
| 1901 |
248 |
| 1911 |
268 |
| 1921 |
259 |
| 1931 |
248 |
- 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: 4-April-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
