Scamblesby
- The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- We have an extract of a small portion of the 1901 surname index which you are welcome to review or add to.
- 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 / 643 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2107 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2367 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3381 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2598 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin.
- The church was partially rebuilt in the 1890s.
- The church seats around 100.
- There is a photograph of St. Martin's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photo web site.
- Tim HEATON has a photograph of St. Martin's Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
- Here is a photo of Saint Martin's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The parish register dates from 1569.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here, as did the Primitive methodists. 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 Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Scamblesby is both a village and a parish in the Wolds, seven miles southwest of Louth and six miles north of Horncastle. Belchford parish lies to the south and Cawkwell parish to the north. The parish covers about 2,000 acres.
The village of Scamblesby is on the Louth to Horncastle Road (now the A153). A small stream runs through the village on its way to join the River Bain. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the village is 10 minutes outside of Louth on the A153.
- Tony ATKIN has a nice photograph of Scamblesby village on Geo-graph, taken in 2005.
- Stop in at Scamblesby Village Hall and check the scheduled activities, classes and events.
- Visit our touring page for visitor services.
- The national grid reference is TF 2778.
- 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.
- This place was an ancient Chapelry in Lincoln county and it became a modern Civil Parish shortly after those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- You may contact the Scamblesby with Cawkwell Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to do family history lookups for you.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
272 |
| 1811 |
300 |
| 1821 |
347 |
| 1831 |
413 |
| 1841 |
500 |
| 1851 |
532 |
| 1871 |
461 |
| 1881 |
364 |
| 1891 |
325 |
| 1911 |
245 |
- A Council School was built here in 1849 for up to 69 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 13-May-2015
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