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Archives & Libraries

The Community Library at Alford has a local history archive that will prove useful in your research.

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Cemeteries

Peter WOOD has a photograph of St. Andrew's churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2019.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Alford 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:
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 626
1851H.O. 107 / 2110
1861R.G. 9 / 2378
1871R.G. 10 / 3397
1891R.G. 12 / 2605
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
     
  • The church, built of brick, stands on a slight eminence.
     
  • The church nave was restored and the chancel rebuilt in 1887.
     
  • The church is a Grade II structure with English Heritage.
     
  • The church seats 140.
     
  • There is a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON web site.
     
  • Alan HEARDMAN has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2009.
     
  • Here is a photograph of St. Andrew's Church supplied by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1565.
     
  • Parish registers are on deposit from 1563, and the registers are available on microfilm from the Family History Library (FHL).
     
  • We have a partial extract from the Parish Register mostly for the SNELL family. Your additions and corrections would be welcome.
     
  • Check the Calcewaith & Candleshoe Deanery for indexes compiled by the LFHS.
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1839. 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 Alford 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 & Travel

Anderby is both a village and a parish on the shore of the North Sea, about 5 miles due east of Alford, 14 miles Northeast of Spilsby and just south of Huttoft parish. The A52 trunk road skirts the west edge of the parish. Anderby Creek is the name of a hamlet and a creek, which runs through the parish and empties into the North Sea. The parish encompasses approx. 1,362 acres.

Anderby village is a long, narrow affair. The quiet hamlet of Anderby Creek lies on the seashore, where folks can stop for lunch at the Beach Cafe. If you are planning a visit:

  • Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2014.
     
  • Anderby is just off the A52 to the east.
     
  • For folks on holiday, there are unspoilt seaside beaches and canoeing on the creek. Caravan and camping facilities can be found in the parish and in nearby Huttoft.
     
  • The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust has a preserve at Wolla Bank Reedbed.
     
  • Robert HARVEY has a photograph of the Reed Beds on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2020.
     
  • Also, take in the Anderby Drainage Museum (open afternoons), Old Pumping Station, Anderby Creek, Lincolnshire, PE24 5PP, Tel: 01754 872599.
     
  • Visit our touring page for more sources.
You can see pictures of Anderby which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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History

  • An infamous local character was the notorious Skegness smuggler Thomas HEWSON. Hewson was a tailor by profession, but left his family in his native Anderby to take up the free-trade. Among other dark deeds, he was suspected of the murder of a young man of Sloothby: HEWSON was known to have lured the lad away from his employer, and was caught with a watch belonging to the youth. However, the body was never found.
     
  • In the early 1900's, brick were made at Anderby. The Lincolnshire Film Archive features a one-minute black and white film of the process from 1934.
     
  • The parish experienced a devastating flood in 1953.
     
  • The parish had a Coast Guard station at Anderby Creek on the North Sea.
     
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF536757 (Lat/Lon: 53.256234, 0.300863), Anderby which are provided by:

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Military History

  • There was a searchlight on the beach at Anderby during World War II.
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Military Records

There is a brass plaque on the south wall of the chuch nave to Henry WHALER, King's Royal Rifles, aged 39 years, killed in action in Sanctuary Woods, France, on August 24th, 1917.

There is a brass plaque on the North wall to Robert Nash BRIGGS who died as a prisoner of war in Germany, in Dec. 1918.

There are photographs of the Roll of Honour at the Imperial War Museum.

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Names, Geographical

  • The name Anderby is from the Old Scandinavian Ander+by, or "village of a man named Arnthorr". It appeared in the 12th century as Andreby.
    ["A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • The parish was in the Marsh division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
     
  • J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2015.
     
  • You may contact the local Anderby Parish Council regarding civic or politcal issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
     
  • For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty session courts on alternate Tuesdays.
     
  • 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

YearInhabitants
1801167
1831217
1841243
1871299
1881279
1891230
1911203
1991311
2001335
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Schools

  • A National School and a master's house were built in 1866. In 1871 it had about 40 students.
     
  • For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.