Normanby le Wold
Note: There is more than one Normanby in Lincolnshire.
- The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor 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 / 641 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2393 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3422 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2622 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The church tower is over 700 years old.
- The church was restored in 1868.
- The church seats 160.
- The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- There is a photograph of St. Peter's Church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2008.
- Here is a photo of the Church of St. Peter taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1561.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- There was a Primitive Methodist chapel in Normanby on the Viking Way, but it is now disused. David WRIGHT has a photograph of the abandoned chapel on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2006.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are at one of the highest points in Lincolnshire at 543 feet above sea level. The parish lies 5 miles south of Caistor and covers about 1,980 acres. Walesby parish lies to the south and Thoresway parish to the east.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the B1225 secondary road south out of Caistor for 5 miles.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- The national grid reference is TF 1294.
- 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 Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the North division of the ancient Walshcroft Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard on the 1st Tuesday each month at the Market Rasen petty session hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
77 |
| 1831 |
122 |
| 1841 |
129 |
| 1871 |
162 |
| 1891 |
139 |
| 1911 |
196 |
- The children of this parish attended school at Claxby parish.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 7-May-2015
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