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Salmonby

Census

• The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
  
  
• 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 Saint Margaret.
  
  
• The church was completely restored and partially rebuilt in 1871.
  
  
• The church seated 100.
  
  
• The church was declared redundant in 1973 and in 1975 the building was demolished, but the churchyard was retained.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from the year 1558.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Bolingbroke 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 Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle 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

Salmonby is both a village and a parish in the Wold hills, 5.5 miles northeast of Horncastle, ten miles south of Louth and eight miles northwest of Spilsby. Tetford parish lies to the northeast and Somersby parish to the south. The parish covers only about 1,000 acres.

Salmonby village is a small place in a low valley. The village is just a short walk south from Tetford. If you are planning a visit:

• Near the village is a chalybeate spring which many claim has medicinal properties.
  
  
• Tony ATKIN provides a photograph of a small lake at Salmonby on Geo-graph, taken in 2005.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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History

• The parish was a source of blue phosphate of iron and a great deal of iron oxide ore.
  
  
• The parish contains a chalybeate spring, whose waters eventually join the Steeping River near Spilsby.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3273.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• In Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire, the parish is given, perhaps erroneously, as being in the South Lindsey district of the county.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	77
1811	85
1821	89
1831	90
1841	116
1851	110
1871	119
1881	102
1891	95
1901	86
1911	71

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Tetford.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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