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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Firsby

Note: There are an East Firsby and a West Firsby hamlet, both in Caenby parish.

Census

• The parish was in the Wainfleet 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 Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Andrew.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt from local stone in 1856. It is dressed with Ancaster stonework.
  
  
• The church seats 150 people.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under "more Lincolnshire".
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1717.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• There was also a chapel for Wesleyan Methodists in the village built in 1838. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Wainfleet 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 parish and small village lies 122 miles north of London, 4 miles southeast from Spilsby and 4 miles northwest from Burgh. A small stream runs through the parish.

If you are considering a visit to the parish:

• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4563.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey #261 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 Wold division of the Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey division of the county, in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  
• White's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  

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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.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

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

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