Kirkby on Bain
Note: Researchers should be aware that Kirkby is a common name in England and there are at least six other Kirkby locations in Lincolnshire.
Kirkby is a village, a township and a parish about 5 miles south of Horncastle. Roughton parish borders to the north, Haltham parish to the west, across the River Bain, and Tattershall Thorpe parish is to the south. The River Witham flows along the eastern border of the parish. The parish covers about 1,800 acres. Tumby Township is considered part of this parish.
Kirkby on Bain is alongside the River Bain as it runs south from Horncastle. If you are planning a visit:
- The parish was in the Tattershall 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 / 638 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2108 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2370 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3384 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2600 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
- Records indicate that St. Mary's Church dates back to Norman times, at least as early as 1451.
- The church was rebuilt in 1802.
- St. Mary's was expanded and improved in 1879-82.
- The church seats 210.
- Tumby Township did not have its own church.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2006.
- Here is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates back to 1562 and includes Tumby.
- The LFHS has published several indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports, perhaps erroneously, that the parish is in the rural Gartree Deanery, a new division of church structure.
- A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here in 1839. A Primitive Methodist chapel was constructed in 1871. These chapels were still operating in 1930. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Tattershall sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- The Ebrington Arms Public House on Main Street was the center for informal communication. Stop by and ask about your relatives. The Inn claims to have been around since the 16th century.
- Josie CAMPBELL has a photograph of the Ebrington Arms on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2011.
- These are the names associated with the Inn in various directories:
| Year |
Person |
| 1842 |
-- Not listed -- |
| 1868 |
-- Not listed -- |
| 1872 |
William SMALLEY, brewer |
| 1882 |
William SMALLEY, vict. |
| 1900 |
Joseph DARLEY, bricklayer |
| 1913 |
Arthur KIRK |
| 1930 |
Fred STONES |
- The national grid reference is TF 2462.
- 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.
- In 1927 three church chancel windows were added as a War Memorial to those who fell in World War I. These were unveiled in May, 1926.
- In 1930 Lt.-Col. Frank Douglas GIBBES of the Lincolnshire Regt. resided in this parish. He had been born in Middlesex county in 1870 and served as a Captain in the LIncolnshire Yeomanry in World War I.
For a story of the Kirkby on Bain War Memorial and the names on it, see the War Memorial site.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the south division the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports, perhaps erroneously, that the parish is in the South Lindsey division of the county.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Horncastle petty session hearings.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1796.
- The parish had an long-standing entitlement to send two poor people to the almshouses at Revesby.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
454 |
| 1841 |
680 |
| 1851 |
734 |
| 1871 |
344 |
| 1881 |
261 |
| 1891 |
247 |
| 1911 |
257 |
Michael Edgoose has kindly provided us with an index of Wills for 1751-1800. The file is a Comma-Separated Value (or .csv) file, suitable for import into MS Excel or Works as a database:
- A Public Elementary School was founded in 1812 by John BROCKLESBY. It was rebuilt in 1871 and enlarged in 1896 to hold 110 children.
- A Public Elementary School was built in Tumby Township at Woodside in 1878, to hold up to 70 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 13-December-2015
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