Ludborough
- The parish was in the Tetney sub-district of the Louth 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 / 639 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2112 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2387 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3410 |
| 1881 |
R.G. 11 / 3266 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2611 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
- The church was unroofed by a gale in 1858. This caused extensive repairs to be made, with the effort completed in 1860.
- The church seats 220.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006.
- Here is a photo of St. Mary's church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1601.
- We have the beginnings of a Parish Register Extract text file to which your additions and corrections would be welcomed.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Primitive, Free and Wesleyan Methodists each had a small chapel here. 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 Tetney sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are in the north-east of Lincolnshire 146 miles north of London and only 6 miles north of Louth. The parish covers about 2,000 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A16 between Grimsby and Louth. Ludborough is about midway between the two towns.
- Pasenger rail service to the village ceased in the mid-1900s, but you should be able to find bus service from Louth or Grimsby.
- Tourists (and locals) love to ride the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway which starts in Ludborough.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- This village was once a Roman settlement.
- John BEAL has a photograph of the Livesey Arms Public House on Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
- These are the names associated with the Livesey Arms Public House in various directories:
| Year |
Person |
| 1861 |
John LUCAS, farmer |
| 1868 |
Thos. MARSHALL, farmer |
| 1872 |
Thomas MARSHALL, farmer |
| 1882 |
Hy. WHITWORTH, farmer |
| 1900 |
Charles HEWSON |
| 1913 |
Charles Clark HEWSON |
| 1930 |
Benj, Alfd. MUMBY |
Henry WHITWORTH, above, was born in Authorpe, LIN, circa 1828. His wife Lucy was from Maltby le Marsh.
- The Manor House is listed as "very ancient", but was modernised around 1870.
- The national grid reference is TF 2995.
- 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.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
254 |
| 1811 |
234 |
| 1831 |
322 |
| 1841 |
321 |
| 1871 |
378 |
| 1881 |
347 |
| 1891 |
284 |
| 1901 |
239 |
| 1911 |
233 |
- The school here was endowed with £7 from the lord of the manor, but it has not been paid since 1780.
- A Church School was built in 1863, supported by subscription and the scholars' weekly pence.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 25-August-2015
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