Ranby
- The parish was in the Wragby 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 / 642 |
1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2107 |
1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2365 |
1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3379 |
1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2597 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint German (Germain).
- The church tower was built in 1839.
- The church was restored in 1860.
- The church seats 150.
- A photograph of the Anglican parish church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Here is a photo of Saint German's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyrights).
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1550.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Ranby is both a village and parish in the Wolds, bounded on the east by the River Bain. The parish sits about 7 miles north-west of Horncastle and 7.5 miles east from Wragby parish. The parish covers about 1,290 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The national grid reference is TF 2278.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
In 1930, Lt. Col. Joseph Ernest MUNBY lived in this parish. He was the author of "A History of the 38th Welsh Division," Publ. by Rees in 1920 and he had been an officer in the King's Own Royal Yorkshire Light Infantry.
- This place was an ancient Chapelry in Lincolnshire and was converted into a modern Civil Parish shortly after those were established.
- The parish was in the North division of the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be held in the Horncastle petty session hearings every Saturday.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union on 16th January 1837.
Year |
Inhabitants |
1801 |
68 |
1811 |
80 |
1821 |
121 |
1831 |
109 |
1841 |
116 |
1851 |
115 |
1871 |
149 |
1881 |
132 |
1891 |
140 |
1911 |
135 |
- There was a School built here before 1900 to hold 104 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 9-May-2015
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