Calceby
- 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. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 630 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2110 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2377 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3395 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2605 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Andrew.
- By 1871, the parish church was in ruins. There hasn't been a service held here since 1692. Parishoners attended church at South Ormsby.
- Colin PARK has a photograph of the ruins of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken on a sunny day in September, 2013.
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The parish register dates from 1561 and is included in the register of South Ormsby.
- 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 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.
This small village and parish are located 5 miles west of Alford. The parish covers only 630 acres.
The village is too small to appear on most small scale (large area) maps. If you plan to visit:
- By automobile, the parish is just 1 mile west of the A16 trunk road coming south out of Louth.
- See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
- Chris ? has a photograph of Calceby Manor on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2013.
- The national grid reference is TF 3975.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in the county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were eastablished.
- The parish was in the Marsh division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the South Lindsey division of the county.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
46 |
| 1831 |
54 |
| 1841 |
54 |
| 1871 |
54 |
| 1881 |
62 |
| 1891 |
41 |
| 1901 |
45 |
| 1911 |
48 |
| 1921 |
34 |
| 1931 |
34 |
- The children of this parish attended school in South Ormsby.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
Last updated on 29-October-2015
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