Saxby All Saints
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Census
- The parish was in the Barton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3438 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2629 |
Churches
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Saxby All Saints area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- Some of the church plate dates from the 1500s, but the date of the original church structure is unknown.
- The church was rebuilt in 1848 from a design by George G. SCOTT.
- The church seats 226.
- There is a photograph of All Saints church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1719.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
Civil Registration
- The parish was in the Barton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Description and Travel
Saxby is both a village and a parish 5 miles south of Barton on Humber. To the north is Horkstow parish and to the south is Bonby parish. The parish covers about 2,400 acres.
The village sits in a small vale in the Wolds overlooking the Ancholme River valley. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the B1204 arterial road south out of South Ferriby or north out of Brigg.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
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Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Saxby All Saints has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Manors
- Saxby Hall is mentioned in the old directories, but not described.
Maps
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE991168 (Lat/Lon: 53.638176, -0.50271), Saxby All Saints 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.
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Politics and 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 ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the Glanford district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of the county.
- District governance is currently provided by the North Lincolnshire Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Barton-on-Humber petty session hearings every other Monday.
Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 215 1831 260 1841 287 1871 286 1881 327 1891 302 1901 298 1911 274
Schools
- The parish school was enlarged in 1855 to hold up to 90 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.