Kirkby Green
This village and parish is 8 miles north of Sleaford and 12 miles south-east of Lincoln. The parish is small, covering only some 440 acres. The Scopwick Beck runs through the parish. Martin parish lies to the north, Timberland to the south-east and Scopwick parish lies to the west. Currently, Kirkby Green is a civil parish within the ecclesiastical parish of Scopwick.
The small village of Kirkby Green is the center of the parish and sits on a slight rise. Modern-day visitors come for the country walks in the area. The "Kirkby Green Walk" takes one from Kirkby Green to Scopwick along hedgerow-lined footpaths. If you are planning a visit:
- Kirkby Green is on the B1191 between Woodhall Spa and Scopwick, easily reached off the A15 trunk road north out of Sleaford.
- Visit the working narrow-gauge railway in the parish.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- The parish was in the Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford 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 / 620 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2100 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2341 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3348 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2577 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Holy Cross.
- There had been an older church, centuries old, in the parish, but it was torn down in 1848 and a new church, built of stone, was erected on the same site.
- The church seats 100.
- Roger GEACH has a photograph of Holy Cross Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2010.
- Here is a photo of Holy Cross Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Anglican parish register entries only exist from 1722, but Bishop's transcripts go back to 1562.
- The parish lies in the Graffoe Deanery, for which several marriage indexes exist.
- The Wesleyan Reform chapel was built here in 1856. 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 Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
- The parish has been occupied for over 1,500 years. The parish is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book.
- In 1871, Sir Henry CHAPLIN, M.P., owned the greater part of the land. Most of the remainder was owned by Mr. Thomas YOUNG.
- In 1913, the principal land holder was the Earl of Londesborough.
- The national grid reference is TF 0857.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for resources.
- The name Kirkby Green is a combination of Old Scandinavian and Old English kirkju+by Green, or "village with a church on the green". The name Kirkby is common in the former Danelaw region of England. The parish is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
[A. D. MILLS, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- Here's a partial list of surnames found here in 1871: BLAKEWELL, BYRON, COULSON, GARRETT, RIDLEY, TURNELL, WILLSON, WOOLFITT and YOUNG.
- Kelley's 1913 Directory lists these surnames: BAUMBER, BRADSHAW, FOX, KIRK, MOODY, TODD and YOUNG.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the first division of the ancient Langoe Wapentake in the North Kesteven district in the parts of Kesteven.
- This Civil Parish was abolished in April, 1931, and the land amalgamated with Scopwick Civil Parish.
- For today's district governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
62 |
| 1841 |
87 |
| 1851 |
134 |
| 1871 |
141 |
| 1881 |
123 |
| 1891 |
103 |
| 1901 |
108 |
| 1911 |
117 |
| 1921 |
147 |
- The children of this parish attended school in nearby Scopwick.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 29-November-2015
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