Dalby

• The parish was in the Spilsby 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:

• The Anglican parish church dedication was unknown for many years.
• In 1859, the church was reported to need repair.
• The church, which had been a small and ancient structure, was rebuilt in stone in 1862.
• The church seats about 100.
• Here is a photo of Saint Lawrence church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1721.
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

• The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

Dalby is a small village and a parish about 3 miles north of Spilsby. Ulceby parish is to the north and Skendleby parish is to the east. The parish covers about 1,300 acres and includes the hamlet of >Dexthorpe.

If you are planning a visit:

• See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.

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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Dalby to another place.

• Dalby Hall was built in 1858 in a well-wooded park. It replaced the Old Hall which had burnt to the ground in January, 1841.
• Dalby Hall was the seat of Bartholomew Claypon GARFIT.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF407702 (Lat/Lon: 53.210246, 0.105409), Dalby which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• This place was an ancient parish in the county and became a modern Civil Parish in the first wave of establishing these.
• The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spilsby petty session hearings every other week.
• A parish charity generated about £6 yearly, which was distributed to the poor at Christmas.
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	50
1831	98
1871	155
1881	152
1891	135
1901	112
1911	116
1921	137
1931	130

• Children of the parish attended school in Partney
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.