Ranby
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Census
- The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | H.O. 107 / 642 |
| 1851 | H.O. 107 / 2107 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2365 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3379 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2597 |
Churches
| St German, Ranby, Church of England |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Ranby area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint German.
- The church was restored in 1860.
- The church seats 150.
- A photograph of Saint German's Church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Here is a photo of Saint German's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyrights).
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1550.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
Civil Registration
- The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Description and Travel
Ranby is both a village and parish in the Wolds, bounded on the east by the River Bain. The parish sits about 7 miles north-west of Horncastle and 7.5 miles east from Wragby parish. The parish covers about 1,290 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- See our touring page for more sources.
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Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Ranby has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF231785 (Lat/Lon: 53.289437, -0.155096), Ranby which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old 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)
- Elgin Road Works
- 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.
Politics and Government
- The parish was in the North division of the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Bastardy cases would be held in the Horncastle petty session hearings every Saturday.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union on 16th January 1837.
Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 68 1811 80 1821 121 1831 109 1841 116 1851 115 1871 149 1881 132 1891 140 1911 135
Schools
- There was a School built here before 1900 to hold 104 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.