Spanby
- The parish was in the Aswarby sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- In an 1890 re-organization, the parish was re-assigned to the Leadenham sub-district.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.
- The church was bebuilt in 1880 after the old one was torn down. This is at least the third church built on this site.
- The church seats about 60 people.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in October, 1973. In May of 1977 it was sold and converted into a garden store.
- Here is a photo of St. Nicholas Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1681.
- The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Lafford Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the rural Deanery of Aveland.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1681 to 1812 and Marriages from 1658 to 1758.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Aswarby sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- In 1891, the parish was transferred to the Leadenham sub-district.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
Spanby is both a village and parish due south of Sleaford. Swaton parish lies to the east and Scredington parish to the north. The parish covers just over 1,000 acres.
There isn't much left of the village of Spanby. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A52 trunk road between Grantham and Boston, and turn north at Threkingham.
- See our touring page for more sources.
- The site of the ancient manor house was turned into a moated orchard.
- Click on the Multimap Page for a current map of the area.
- The national grid reference is TF 0938.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our "Maps" page for additional resources.
- For governance, the parish was in the ancient Flaxwell Wapentake in the North Kesteven division of the county, parts of Kesteven.
- Before 1840, the parish was part of the Aveland Wapentake. Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire also places the parish in the Aveland Wapentake.
- For today's governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
- Land for the poor was enclosed around 1805.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Sleaford Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
59 |
| 1841 |
96 |
| 1871 |
115 |
| 1881 |
104 |
| 1891 |
82 |
- The children of this parish attended school in Osbournby parrish.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 10-July-2006 - Louis Mills]
