Searby (with Owmby)
- 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 / 644 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2114 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2393 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3422 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2622 |
- The Anglican parish church at Searby is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
- There has been no Anglican church at Owmsby hamlet.
- There has been a church at Searby since at least 1441.
- The church was rebuilt in 1832-33 of white brick with stone dressings.
- The church was restored in 1860.
- It is a small building and seats only 120.
- The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- Rod COLLINS has a St. Nicholas church History and Photographs site.
- A photograph of St. Nicholas church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Here is a photo of St. Nicholas church, taken by (and copyright of) Ron COLE.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- The Family History Centre in London has the Bishop's Transcripts covering 1562 - 1820.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- The parish included a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built prior to 1900. The Methodist Church has a Facebook page and is still active. Check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
- 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.
Searby parish is 4 miles north-east of Caistor and 5 miles south-east of Brigg. Grasby parish lies to the south-east, with North Kelsey parish to the south-west. The parish covers about 2,460 acres and includes the hamlet of Owmby.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A1084 north out of Caistor. The road passes just east of the village about four miles from Caistor.
- Check out our touring page.
- There was a Manor House here. In 1881 it was occupied by William H. COATES, a farmer.
- The national grid reference is TA 0705.
- 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.
- Inside the parish church, underneath a bronze relief of the Last Supper, is a brass table with the names of the three men who fell in World War I.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the south division of the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports that the parish, perhaps erroneously, was in the North Lindsey division of the county. Kelly's 1913 edition does the same.
- You can contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they are NOT staffed (or tasked) to assist with family history research.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
244 |
| 1831 |
252 |
| 1841 |
234 |
| 1871 |
261 |
| 1881 |
217 |
| 1891 |
228 |
| 1901 |
214 |
| 1911 |
189 |
- A school was built here in 1854-55 to hold up to 60 children. The school was closed by 1912 and the children of the parish were attending school in Grasby.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 15-May-2015
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