Orby, Lincolnshire Family History Guide

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Orby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lincolnshire.

Other places in the parish include: Habertoft and Ashington End.

Alternative names: Orby in the Marsh

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1725
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ORBY, a village and a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln.

The village stands 1¾ mile NE of Burgh r. station, and 6 E by N of Spilsby.

The parish contains also Ashington-End and Habertoft; and its post town is Burgh, under Boston. Acres, 2,088. Real property, £4, 337. Pop. in 1851, 405; in 1861, 357. Houses, 81. The decrease of pop. was caused by the introduction of agricultural machinery. The property is much sub-divided.

The manor and most of the land belong to the Right Hon. R.N. Hamilton and the Rev. R. G. Walls.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £180. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church was built, about the end of the 13th century, by a prior of Thornholm; was repaired in 1848; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and contains an ancient octagonal font.

There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and charities £4.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lincolnshire, Orby – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Orby, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lincolnshire, Orby – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Orby, 1561-1843
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Orby (Lincolnshire)

Parish registers for Orby, 1725-1990
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Orby (Lincolnshire)

England, Lincolnshire, Orby – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Orby, Lincs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Orby, Lincoln, England ; christenings, 1561-1767
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Orby, Lincoln, England, baptisms, 1737-1843
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Lincolnshire
  • Civil Registration District: Spilsby
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Candleshoe
  • Poor Law Union: Spilsby
  • Hundred: Candleshoe
  • Province: Canterbury