Saxby (Saxby by Owmby)
Note: There is another Saxby village in Lincolnshire.
Saxby (Saxby by Owmby) is both a village and a parish north of the city of Lincoln. Owmby parish lies to the north and Spridlington parish to the south. The parish covers about 1,370 acres.
Saxby village is just about a mile east of the Roman Road known as Ermine Street. If you are planning a visit:
- Take the A15 north out of Lincoln for about seven miles. About a mile before you get to the to the A631, turn right to Saxby.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2364 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3375 & 3377 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Helen.
- The church was originally built as a mortuary chapel for the SAUNDERSON family.
- The church was restored in 1869, then again in 1895.
- The church seats only about 70 people.
- The church was restored and redecorated in 1948. It opened for services Sunday, June 13th, 1948.
- We have a list of contributors, which includes many dates of marriage. We have the same data in a Rich Text File if you prefer.
- Here is a photo of St. Helen's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The parish church register dates from 1666.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1666 to 1812 and Marriages from 1555 to 1654.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Lawres Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- The national grid reference is TF 0086.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the eastern division of the ancient Aslacoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The parish is also in the Soke of Kirton-in-Lindsey.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lincoln (Bail and Close) petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
69 |
| 1811 |
115 |
| 1831 |
124 |
| 1841 |
140 |
| 1851 |
120 |
| 1871 |
88 |
| 1881 |
114 |
| 1891 |
129 |
| 1901 |
108 |
| 1911 |
98 |
- Children of this parish attended schools at Spridlington and Normanby-by-Spital.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 15-September-2015
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