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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

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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 / 640
1851H.O. 107 / 2110
1861R.G. 9 / 2378
1871R.G. 10 / 3397
1891R.G. 12 / 2605
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Church History

  • There was a priory for Black or Austin Canons here, founded by Ralph Fitz-Gilbert in 1203 or 1204. No vestige of it now remains.
     
  • The ancient Church of Saint Peter (seen below) was converted by 1911 to be used only for baptisms and burials. A new church of Corrugated iron, Christ Church, was erected in 1885 on a site donated by Charles L. MASSINGBERD, who died in 1887.  This church was demolished in the 1960s.
     
  • There is a photograph of Christ Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
     
  • Here is a photograph of the Church of St. Peter with a thatched roof in 1911. This is the only thatched-roof church in Lincolnshire. The photograph was taken by John HILES and he retains the copyright:
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Markby Church with thatched roof, c. 1911

  • Here is a photo of St. Peter's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish registers date from 1557.
     
  • The Family History Library has the parish register on microfilm covering 1557-1967.
     
  • The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
     
  • There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the parish built in 1860. For information and assistance in researching this chapel, 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

Markby is a parish and a small village sitting about 4 miles north-east of Alford. The parish is small, covering only about 650 acres.

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You can see pictures of Markby which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF486788 (Lat/Lon: 53.285435, 0.227365), Markby which are provided by:

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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 Wold division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
     
  • In March, 1887, the parish was reduced in size to enlarge Hannah cum Hagnaby Civil Parish.
     
  • Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports, perhaps erroneously, that this parish was in the South Lindsey division of the county.
     
  • For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
     
  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty session hearings every other week.
     
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Population

YearInhabitants
180161
183194
1841102
1851115
1871126
1881118
1891100
190187
191188
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Schools

  • The parish is included in the Hannah-cum-Hagnaby United School District, formed in 1887.
     
  • A Public Elementary School was built in 1887 for 60 children.
     
  • See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.