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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

South Ormsby

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:
  
  

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Church History

• The parish once had a church dedicated to St. Margaret in the hamlet of Ketsby.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Leonard.
  
  
• The church is built of sandstone.
  
  
• The church seats about 300.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Leonard's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Leonard's taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1561.
  
  
• We have a list of Rectors for 1600 - 1799 which you might find useful.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index 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 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 and Travel

This village and parish lie 6 miles west of Alford. Brinkhill parish lies to the south and Calceby parish to the west. The parish covers just under 2,500 acres and includes the hamlet of Ketsby.

If you are planning a visit:

• >See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  

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History

• East of the village there are the remains of a Roman encampment.
  
  
• The Domesday Book mentions a water mill in the parish.
  
  

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Manors

• Ormsby Hall is a spacious brick mansion in 120 acre wooded park.
  
  
• Ketsby Hall was occupied by a farmer in 1912.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3675.
  
  
• 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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Names, Geographical

• The parish is often listed in old records as "South Ormsby cum Ketsby".
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (or Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports the parish as being in the South Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey. The 1913 version does the same.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	238
1831	237
1871	275
1881	294
1891	238
1911	211

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1858 to hold 85 children.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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