South Ormsby
- The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby 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 / 641 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2110 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2377 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3395 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2605 |
- The parish once had a church dedicated to Saint Margaret in the hamlet of Ketsby.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Leonard.
- The church is built of sandstone.
- The church seats about 300.
- There is a photograph of St. Leonard's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Leonard's Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
- Here is a photo of St. Leonard's taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1561.
- We have a list of Rectors for 1600 - 1799 which you might find useful.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish lie 6 miles west of Alford. Brinkhill parish lies to the south and Calceby parish to the west. The parish covers just under 2,500 acres and includes the hamlet of Ketsby.
If you are planning a visit:
- East of the village there are the remains of a Roman encampment.
- The Domesday Book mentions a water mill in the parish.
- John HOPE has a photograph of the Massingberd Arms P. H. on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2004.
- The Massingberd Arms Public House was (and still is) a popular spot for swapping local news. Here are the proprietors shown in various Directories:
| Year |
Person |
| 1842 |
Geo. ENDERBY, vict. |
| 1868 |
Absalom COOK |
| 1872 |
-- not listed -- |
| 1882 |
-- not listed -- |
| 1900 |
William TASKER |
| 1913 |
Jas. G. NORTH |
| 1930 |
George William CALVERT |
- Ormsby Hall is a spacious brick mansion in 120 acre wooded park.
- Ketsby Hall was occupied by a farmer in 1912.
- The national grid reference is TF 3775.
- 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.
- In 1903, Lieut. G. B. MASSINGBERD-MUNDY, Instructor of Musketry (appointed in 1901) for the 4th Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regt., was promoted to Captain. He was a resident of South Ormsby in 1930.
- The parish is often listed in old records as "South Ormsby cum Ketsby".
- This place became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1774.
- The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (or Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelley's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports the parish, perhaps erroneously, as being in the South Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey. The 1913 version does the same.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.