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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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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 / 632
1851H.O. 107 / 2110
1861R.G. 9 / 2377
1871R.G. 10 / 3395
1891R.G. 12 / 2605
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael.
     
  • The original church here is thought to date to pre-1583.
     
  • The church was rebuilt in stone in 1849-50.
     
  • The 1949 series "The King's England" by Arthur MEES advises that Driby had "a little stone church completely rebuilt last century".
     
  • The church was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in October, 1974. It was converted for residential use in February, 1978.
     
  • The church seats only 80.
     
  • John DAVIDSON has a photograph of St Michael's Church on the Geo-graph site, taken in June, 2006.
     
  • David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of St. Michael's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2006.
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Church Records

  • The parish register dates from 1622.
     
  • The parish register for burials covers only 1815-1941.
     
  • Please help by adding to our Parish Register Extract text file for other researchers.
     
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
     
  • After 1880, the church boundaries were re-organized and this church became part of the rural Hill No. 1 Deanery. All family history records will be in the indexes for Bolingbroke Deanery.
     
  • 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

This village and parish are 4 miles west of Alford and 6 miles north of Spilsby. The parish covers just under 1,400 acres.

Driby village has always been a small place. If you are planning a visit:

  • By automobile, take the A16 trunk road south from Louth past Swaby. The village will be on the right, about 1 mile before the A1028 intersection.
     
  • By bus or coach, check the Carlberry Co. bus schedule.
     
  • For information on visiting, see the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
     
You can see pictures of Driby which are provided by:

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Directories

  • We have a couple of Directory quotes for Driby.
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Gazetteers

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Manors

  • Driby Manor was, for over two centuries, the estate of the knightly family of DRIBY.
     
  • The Manor later passed to the PRESCOT family.
     
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF388745 (Lat/Lon: 53.249039, 0.078707), Driby which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish of Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • The parish was in 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.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spilsby petty session hearings every other week.
     
  • 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
180166
183189
185188
1871100
1881117
1891115
190185
191175
192168
193152
195152
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Postal & Shipping Guides

  • The postal code for this parish is LN13.
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Schools

  • The children of this parish attended school in South Ormsby.
     
  • See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.