Utterby
- The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- We have a partial extract of the Utterby 1901 Census for your review.
- 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 / 647 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2111 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2377 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3404 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2608 |
| 1901 |
R.G. 13 / 3084 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
- The church and tower were built about 1340.
- The church seats 140.
- Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1695.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the rural Deanery of Ludborough.
- A Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built in 1846, graced the parish, as did a United Methodist chapel, built in 1854 and restored in 1883. 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 Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
Utterby is both a village and a parish, nestling close to the Lincolnshire Wolds, 4 miles north from Louth and 11 miles from Grimsby. The parish covers a little over 1,500 acres.
The village is small, with one shop and a combined post office. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the village is split by the A16 trunk road just 4 miles north of Louth. This is the old Barton Street between Louth and Great Grimsby.
- Regular bus service runs along the A16. See also our Transport page for bus services.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- Local legend has it that the village was swept away by ocean incursions in past centuries.
- The Great Nothern Railway came in 1848 and had a station here.
- The village boasts an historic bridge used by workers and packhorses as they carried salt between the coast and Lincoln. Here's a photo of the bridge contributed by John BEAL (who holds the copyright):
- Utterby Manor bears the ELYE coat of arms dated 1639 built into the fabric of the building.
- Utterby Manor was held by the ELYE family for centuries.
- Utterby Manor was enlarged in 1900.
- The parish also includes Utterby House, built of brick. Ownership was in the hands of the BENSON family.
- The national grid reference is TF 3093.
- 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 1913, Captain Dudley Roger Hugh PELHAM of the 10th Hussars resided in Utterby House. He is reputedly a direct descendant of William the Conqueror. He later commanded the 1st Composite Australian Light Horse Regiment as a Major. He was the High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1938.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Ludborough Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Louth petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
- After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
118 |
| 1811 |
121 |
| 1821 |
165 |
| 1831 |
198 |
| 1841 |
209 |
| 1851 |
246 |
| 1871 |
322 |
| 1881 |
275 |
| 1891 |
258 |
| 1901 |
199 |
| 1911 |
218 |
| 1991 |
265 |
- The Utterby Primary School is at: Utterby, Louth, LINC, LN11 0TN. Tele: 01472-840280. The school was opened in 1879 and built to hold 56 children.
- Some of the children in this parish attended school in nearby Covenham parish.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 16-April-2015
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