Wickenby
- The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2364 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3376 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2596 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Lawrence.
- The original church is believed to date from around 1100.
- The church was restored in 1878 and the tower was added.
- The church seats 100.
- David HITCHBORNE has a picture of the medieval church on Geo-graph in a photo taken in May, 2004.
- Here is a photo of Saint Peter and Saint Lawrence Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from the year 1558.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- The British Vital Records Index (BVRI) lists 347 burials for the years 1813 - 1900.
- The United Methodists built a chapel here in 1878. 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 North-East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July 1837.
Wickenby is both a village and a parish in the Wolds, 11 miles north-east of the city of Lincoln and 146 miles north of London. Snelland parish lies to the south-west and Fulnetby township in Rand parish to the south. The parish covers just about 2,000 acres and includes the hamlet of Westlaby.
If you are planning a visit:
- Richard CROFT has a picture of the former Methodist Chapel at Geo-graph in a photo taken in June, 2006. It is now the Broadbent Theatre.
- The national grid reference is TF 0881.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- RAF Wickenby started construction as a purpose-built bomber airfield in 1941. The airfield was south-east of the village.
- The airfield opened for flight operations in early 1943.
- Military flights ceased shortly after the war ended and the RAF closed its station there in 1956.
- Richard CROFT has a picture of RAF Wickenby Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2008.
- Starting in 1964, land was cleared and returned to former civilian owners. The site was disposed of by the MOD in the 1960s.
- A flying club now uses a portion of the old airfield, which is now Wickenby Aerodrome.
- You will find more information at the RAF Wickenby Memorial Collection site.
- There are some very nice photographs of the RAF Wickenby memorial at the World War II site.
- And if you'd like another view, try the Airport Data site.
- Richard CROFT has a picture of Wickenby Airport at Geo-graph, taken in May, 2008.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the western division of the ancient Wraggoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The 1900 and 1913 editions of Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire has the parish, perhaps erroneously, as part of the East Lindsey district of the county.
- You can contact the local Parish Council concerning civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history searches.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Wragby petty session hearings on the first Thursday of the month.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union on 16th January 1837.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
119 |
| 1831 |
137 |
| 1841 |
181 |
| 1851 |
289 |
| 1871 |
293 |
| 1891 |
232 |
| 1901 |
216 |
| 1911 |
204 |
| 1921 |
217 |
| 1971 |
153 |
- A Public Elementary School was built in 1842 and rebuilt in 1879. It could hold 80 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 5-September-2015
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