Kirkby cum Osgodby
- The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The Anglican parish church at Osgodby was dedicated to St. Denis. That church fell into decay some centuries ago.
- The Anglican parish church at Kirkby was dedicated to St. Andrew.
- St. Andrew's church appears to be of Norman origin.
- A photograph of the Anglican parish church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
- We have a handful of entries in our parish register extract. Your additions to this are welcome.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- There was a Catholic chapel erected in Osgodby in 1791; a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in 1840 and a Wesleyan Reformers' chapel in 1854. The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel prior to 1871. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
- The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are near Market Rasen and about 8 miles southwest of Caistor. The parish contains two neighborhing villages, Kirkby and Osgodby. The parish covers about 1,700 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The national grid reference is TF 0692.
- 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.
- The name Osgodby was ancienty called Angotby.
- Some locals pronounce the name Osgodby as "Osgarby".
- The parish was in the ancient Walshcroft Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Osgodby was anciently parished with Tealby, but was annexed to Kirkby in 1737 because the village church had fallen into decay.
- The moor and Common Lands here were enclosed in 1804.
- s a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
438 |
- A National School was erected at Kirkby in 1822, but was closed by 1870.
- An Infant School was erected at Osgodby in 1868.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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[Last updated: 30-August-2007 - Louis R. Mills]
