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Archives & Libraries

The Community Library at Alford has a local history archive that will prove useful in your research.

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Bibliography

  • The parish is mentioned in Reginald C. DUDDING's "History of the parish and manors of Alford with Rigsby and Ailby," published by W. K. Morton, 1930, 223 pages.
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Cemeteries

David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of St. James' Churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2008.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Alford 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:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 642
1851H.O. 107 / 2110
1861R.G. 9 / 2378
1871R.G. 10 / 3395
1891R.G. 12 / 2605
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint James.
     
  • The original church structure here was of Norman origin.
     
  • The church was rebuilt and reopened in 1863.
     
  • There is a photograph of St. James church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
     
  • J. HANNAN-BRIGGS has a photograph of St. James' Church Interior on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2012.
     
  • Here is a photo of St. James Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1686.
     
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
     
  • Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
     
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Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Alford 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 & Travel

Rigsby is both a village and a parish just over 130 miles north of London and about 1.5 miles west of Alford. Driby parish forms the western border, with Well parish to the south. This parish covers about 1,040 acres and includes the hamlet of Ailby.

If you are planning a visit:

  • J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2020. You could, perhaps, use your artistic and advertising talents to create a more distinctive sign.
     
  • See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
You can see pictures of Rigsby which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF430755 (Lat/Lon: 53.256947, 0.141706), Rigsby which are provided by:

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Military History

  • A fifteenth century sword and helmet were discovered in a tomb in the churchyard. Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Sword and Helmet on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2008.
     
  • The Roll of Honour for World War II for the parish is combined with Alford's and can be seen on Geo-graph as photographed by John Readman.
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient Chapelry of Alford in Lincoln county and it became a traditional parish prior to 1800. By 1830 it was incorporated as a modern Civil Parish.
     
  • The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
     
  • Rigsby is a small enough parish that the citizens can function without a formal Parish Council. The citizens hold a Parish Meeting as needed to discuss civic and political issues.
     
  • For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

YearInhabitants
1801104
181193
183199
1841103
187196
1881112
189190
190182
191172
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Schools

  • The children of this parish attended schools in Alford and Well parishes.
     
  • See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.