Gunby St. Nicholas
- The parish was in the Colsterworth sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- After an 1890 district re-organisation, the parish was placed in the new "Grantham South" sub-district of the Grantham 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 / 618 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2347 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3355 |
| 1881 |
R.G. 11 / 3228 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2582 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
- The church was originally built in the 15th century on what is now Main Street.
- The church was entirely rebuilt in 1869.
- The church only seats about 90 people.
- Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of the parish church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2008.
- Here is a photo of the Church of St. Nicholas taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Parish registers exist from 1561 (some sources give 1650, others 1715).
- Boyd's marriage index covers the period from 1561 - 1810.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Beltisloe Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Colsterworth sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- After an 1890 district re-organisation, the parish was placed in the new "Grantham South" sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration, which started in July, 1837.
Gunby is both a small village and a parish south of Grantham, off the A1 trunk road to the west. It is 13 miles north-west of Stamford and lies between North Witham parish to the east and Sewstern parish in neighborhing Leicestershire to the west. The parish covers just over 1,000 acres.
There is another Gunby (Gunby St. Peter) near Spilsby. If you are planning a visit:
- The parish had a single Inn, the Blue Fox Inn on Main street. Here are the names associated with the Inn in various directories:
| Year |
Person |
| 1842 |
Wm. MASON, vict. |
| 1868 |
Richard MASON |
| 1872 |
-- not listed -- |
| 1882 |
E. HOLLINGWORTH, farmer |
| 1913 |
Edward HOLLINGWORTH |
| 1930 |
Miss Gertrude HOLLINGWORTH |
There was no lodger at the Inn during the 1881 census, just family. Here is the census entry (RG 11/3228 folio 39):
| Relationship |
Name |
Sex |
Age |
Where born |
| Head |
Edward HOLLINGWORTH |
M |
36 |
Pickworth, Lincolnshire |
| wife |
Betsy HOLLINGWORTH |
F |
34 |
Gunby, Lincolnshire |
| dau. |
Amy R. HOLLINGWORTH |
F |
10 |
Gunby, Lincolnshire |
| dau. |
Gertrude E. HOLLINGWORTH |
F |
5 |
Gunby, Lincolnshire |
| son |
Benjamin HOLLINGWORTH |
M |
9 |
Heckington, Lincolnshire |
| dau. |
Edith A. HOLLINGWORTH |
F |
2 |
Gunby, Lincolnshire |
| dau. |
Kate HOLLINGWORTH |
F |
0 |
Gunby, Lincolnshire |
- The national grid reference is SK 9121.
- An Ordnance Survey "Explorer 247" map will show detail of 2.5 inches to 1 mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Gunby is from Old Scandinavian for "village of Gunnhildr", and the name appeared as Gunelby in records from 1066 and 1069.
A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
- 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 Beltisloe Wapentake in the South Kesteven district in the parts of Kesteven.
- For today's local governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spittlegate (Grantham) petty session hearings.
- As a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
113 |
| 1831 |
152 |
| 1841 |
166 |
| 1871 |
135 |
| 1891 |
162 |
| 1911 |
123 |
- A local School Board was formed here on 20 September 1881. The district included Stainby parish.
- The children of this parish attended school in Stainby or in North Witham.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 28-February-2015
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