Sibsey
Sibsey parish is 115 miles north of London, just 5 miles north of Boston and 12 miles south of Spilsby. It includes the villages of Sibsey and Northlands (or Norlands, 2 miles north of Sibsey village). Frithbank is a detached, but ancient portion of the parish. For ecclesistical purposes it was added in 1885 to Carrington parish. The parish covers over 6,650 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The village lies on the A16 trunk road north of Boston.
- Check out the new Village Sign and watch for it as you enter the village.
- A web site exists for Sibsey, but it is simply a couple of photographs. The owner of the URL is offering the URL for sale.
- Stop by the Village Hall for a schedule of current events and activities.
- Tourists will enjoy visiting one of England's tallest working windmills at the Sibsey Trader Windmill. Built in 1877, it is one of six sail windmills remaining in England. It operates on occasional "milling Sundays".
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- The parish was in the Sibsey sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- By 1911, the parish had been reassigned to the Bennington sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- We have a handful of 1891 census surnames in a text file. Your additions are welcome.
- 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 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2334 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3338 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2572 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret.
- The church was completely restored in 1854 through 1856.
- The church has 500 seatings.
- There is a photograph of St. Margaret's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Geoff Bradley has a photograph of St. Margaret's Church on his Galfridus web site.
- Here is a photo of the church, taken by (and copyright of) Norma CLARE.
- Here is a photo of St. Margaret Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Parish registers date from 1565.
- We have a small number of parish register entries in a text file. Your additions are welcome.
- Sibsey's batch numbers for an I.G.I. search are C031421 for baptisms 1813 - 1834 and C031422 for 1561 - 1812.
- The parish lies in the Holland East Deanery.
- The parish included a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in 1874, and a Primitive Methodist chapel built in Northlands in 1837. For a photo of the existing chapel, visit the RBlincs website. Check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Sibsey sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- By 1911, the parish had been reassigned to the Bennington sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- In the late 1800's, Sibsey had a station on the East Lincolnshire section of the Great Northern Railway.
- In 1913, the principal landowners were Lady DUNSANY of Charborough Park, Dorset, Ian MALCOLM, M.P., of London, G. D. ROWLEY and the Reverend W. T. JENNINGS, rector of Skirbeck.
- The national grid reference is TF 3451.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #261 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The RAF opened a decoy airfield here for RAF East Kirkby during World War I, but the exact dates are unrecorded. No flight operations were conducted from this field.
- The name Sibsey is from the Old English Sigebald, a personal name. In the 1086 Domesday book, the village is given as Sibolci. The locals often pronounce the name as "Sipsea".
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the West division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the South (or East) Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
- The parish gave up some land in December, 1880, to help establish the Frithville Civil Parish, but also gained portions of Frithviulle and Skirbeck Civil Parishes.
- You can contact the Sibsey Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history research.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spilsby petty session hearings.
- Various small charities existed for the poor, but these were amalgamated into a single entity prior to 1900, which provided 10 acres of land and several small houses.
- Dr. PACEY left a sum of £500 in his will of January 1859. The interest went to the poor of the parish.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Boston Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
948 |
| 1831 |
1,364 |
| 1841 |
1,431 |
| 1881 |
1,204 |
| 1891 |
1,101 |
| 1901 |
1,029 |
| 1911 |
1,004 |
- An Endowed School was built in Northlands about 1846, founded by Mr. PLANT of Worcester. In 1913, it had 35 students.
- An Endowed School was built in Firthbank about 1726 by Dame Laetitia MONSON. The school was rebuilt in 1813.
- The Free School was rebuilt in 1869 to hold 200 children. It is currently located on the Main Road, Sibsey, PE22 0RR, United Kingdom.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 15-May-2015
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