Sutterby
- 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. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2110 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2377 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3395 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2605 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
- It is a tiny church and only seats about 40.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared the church redundant in August, 1972. It was gifted as a monument in March, 1981.
- The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- Here is a photo of St. John's church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1595.
- 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 tiny village and parish lies 5 miles west of Alford. Aswardby parish is to the south and Harrington parish forms the western border. The parish covers only about 480 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The national grid reference is TF 3872.
- 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.
- The "-by" ending of the name indicates that this was a Viking settlement.
- The name of the village appears in the 1086 Domesday Book.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places this parish, perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey division of the county.
- The Civil Parish was abolished in April, 1935, and the land amalgamated into the new Langston by Spilsby Civil Parish.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
28 |
| 1831 |
34 |
| 1871 |
35 |
| 1881 |
36 |
| 1891 |
36 |
| 1911 |
28 |
- The children of this parish attend school in Langton or Brinkhill.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
Last updated on 30-October-2015
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