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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Strubby

WARNING: There are two places named Strubby in Lincolnshire. This one is a village and parish. The other one is a hamlet in the parish of Langton by Wragby.

Census

• The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth 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 is dedicated to Saint Oswald.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1857. The previous structure dates back to before 1531.
  
  
• The church seats about 161.
  
  
• There is a photograph of Saint Oswald's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site, taken by Paul Fenwick.
  
  

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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 Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1845. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, 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 Withern sub-district of the Louth 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

Strubby is both a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, about 4 miles north of Alford and 10 miles southeast of Louth. The parish covers just over 2,000 acres and includes the hamlet of >Woodthorpe, nearly two miles south of Strubby village.

The village is in the Lincolnshire Wolds. If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Manors

• Woodthorpe Hall, in the hamlet of Woodthorpe, is a large brick mansion, formerly the seat of the BALLETT (BULLETT) family.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4582.
  
  
• 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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Military History

• This list was contributed by John Readman of the UK.
  
  
• MEN OF STRUBBY WITH WOODTHORPE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1918
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name Strubby is from the Old Scandinavian Struthr+by, meaning "village of a man called Struthr". In the 1086 Domesday book, the village is given as Strobi.
  A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey district of the county.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In 1728, Thomas WILLIAMSON left a yearly rent-charge of £2 and 12 shillings out of a farm at Cumberworth to be distributed to the poor in bread.
  
  
• The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1840.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish was part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty session hearings.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A parochial school (Public Elementary School) was erected in 1878 to hold up to 40 children.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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