Swaby
- The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth 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 / 2111 |
1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2379 |
1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3398 |
1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2606 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
- The church fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in 1827-28 as a small brick building. This was the third church built on this site.
- The earlier church was dedicated to Saint Margaret and was destroyed around 1658.
- The church seats 100 people.
- St. Nicholas Church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
ARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Here is a photo of St. Nicholas Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1660.
- We have the beginning of a Parish Register Extract in a text file for your use. Your additions would be welcome.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The burial index for Swaby at Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery covers only 1813-1900.
- A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here, in Whitepit, in 1839. It became a Free Methodist chapel in 1869. 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 Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Swaby is both a village and a parish which lie about 6 miles north-west of Alford and 8 miles north of Spilsby. Burwell parish is just to the northwest and Belleau parish to the east. The parish covers just under 1,600 acres of land and includes the hamlet of Whitepit.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the Louth/Spilsby Road (now the A16 trunk road). Swaby is about 8 miles north of Spilsby.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The village is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book.
- In 1934 a pot with 178 silver denarii was found in the field called "The Bog".
- The village Hall sits on the site of the old Methodist chapel.
- The national grid reference is TF 3877.
- 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.
From John Readman: "This Roll of Honour is displayed in the parish church of St. Nicholas, on a card, inside a wooden frame. The names are written in coloured inks."
"THE MEN OF SWABY WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1918 AND WERE SPARED TO RETURN"
- H. PRESTON ADDEY
- LEWIS BELL
- ALBERT BARTON
- WRIGHT BONTOFT
- HERBERT T. O. BRUMPTON
- JOHN CAMPLING
- ERNEST CAMPLIN
- GEORGE Wm. CARTWRIGHT
- THOMAS DIXON
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- THOMAS ELVIN
- JOHN GOSLING
- HARRY GRANT
- GEORGE Wm. GRANT
- CHRISTOPHER JACKSON
- WILLIAM MARTIN
- ERNEST ODLIN
- ALBERT PARRISH
- ROBERT PARSONS
- FRED ROBINSON
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- EDWARD S. RUTLAND
- GORDON E. RUTLAND
- ALBERT REEVE
- FRED STEPHENSON
- DRUMMOND WILLOUGHBY
- HAROLD WILLOUGHBY
- HERBERT WRIGHT
- HOWEN WRIGHT
- EDWARD WHITE
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- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the Marsh division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In March, 1888, the Hall Wood parcel was transfered to Belleau Civil Parish.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps in error, in the South Lindsey district of the county.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty session hearings on alternate Tuesdays.
- The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1791.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
The population today is about the same as it was in 1801.
Year |
Inhabitants |
1801 |
197 |
1811 |
200 |
1831 |
396 |
1841 |
391 |
1871 |
467 |
1881 |
414 |
1891 |
364 |
1901 |
305 |
1911 |
274 |
1921 |
255 |
- The parish had a National School built here in 1857 for 120 children. This school closed in 1976.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 19-September-2015
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