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Saleby

Census

• The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
  
  
• We have an extract of a small portion of the 1901 surname index which you are welcome to review or add to.
  
  
• 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 St. Margaret.
  
  
• The original church has been dated back to before 1303. The church was rebuilt in 1850 of white brick.
  
  
• The church seats about 150.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Margaret's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site, taken by Paul Fenwick.
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saint Margaret's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The parish register dates from 1554.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel here, built in 1855. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth 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

Saleby is a village and parish which is just north of Alford on the road to Louth and 11 miles southeast of Louth itself. The parish includes the hamlet of Thoresthorpe, about one mile north of Saleby village. The parish covers about 1,790 acres.

And any visit to Saleby should start with:

• By automobile, take the A1104 trunk road north out of Louth. Saleby will be about one mile outside of Alford. Alternatively, one can take the A1104 east out of Mablethorpe and stay on that road. Saleby village sits just east of the roadway.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4578.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• Education for poor children started here in 1762, with a bequest from Thomas FAULKNER.
  
  
• A Pulic Elementary School was built here in 1845 to hold 30 children. Some parish poor children went to school at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Alford.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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