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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Searby

Census

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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 at Searby is dedicated to St. Nicholas.
  
  
• There has been no Anglican church at Owmsby hamlet.
  
  
• There has been a church at Searby since at least 1441.
  
  
• There has been a church here since at least 1441.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1832-33 of white brick with stone dressings.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1860.
  
  
• It is a small building and seats only 120.
  
  
• A photograph of St. Nicholas church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Nicholas church, taken by (and copyright of) Ron Cole.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The parish included a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built prior to 1900. Check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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

Searby parish is 4 miles northwest of Caistor and 5 miles southeast of Brigg. Grasby parish lies to the southeast, with North Kelsey parish to the southwest. Owmby is a hamlet in the parish, adjacent to the village of Searby. The parish covers about 1,860 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A1084 north out of Caistor. The road passes just east of the village about four miles from Caistor.
  
  
• Check out our touring page.
  
  

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Manors

• There was a Manor House here. In 1881 it was occupied by William H. COATES, a farmer.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 0705.
  
  
• 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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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the south division of the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports that the parish, perhaps erroneously, was in the North Lindsey division of the county. Kelly's 1913 edition 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 Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A school was built here in 1854-55 to hold up to 60 children. The school was closed by 1912 and the children of the parish were attending school in Grasby.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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