Osbournby, Lincolnshire Family History Guide

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Osbournby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lincolnshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1682
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

OSBOURNBY, a village and a parish in Sleaford district, Lincoln.

The village stands near the Lincoln, Sleaford, and Bourn railway, 3 miles N of Folkingham, and 5½ S of Sleaford; is a neat place; and has a post-office under Folkingham.

The parish comprises 1, 260 acres. Real property, £3, 422. Pop., 613. Houses, 138. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Sir T. Whichcote, Bart.; and Osbournby Hall is the residence of G. Whichcote, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. value, £234. Patrons, Hulme’s Trustees. The church is later English, in good condition; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a Norman font and some richly carved seats.

There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed day-school with £20 a year, and an endowed infant school with £15.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Lincolnshire, Osbournby – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Osbournby, 1561-1840
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Osbournby (Lincolnshire)

Parish register extracts for the parish church of Osbournby (Lincoln), 1682-1790
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Osbournby (Lincolnshire)

Parish registers for Osbournby, 1682-1968
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Osbournby (Lincolnshire)

England, Lincolnshire, Osbournby – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Osbournby, Lincs., Eng

Lafford Deanery : baptisms and burials index 1754-1812
Author:    Lincolnshire Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Osbournby, Lincoln, England ; christenings, 1813-1840
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Osbournby, Lincoln, England, christenings, 1561-1812
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: Sleaford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Aveland
  • Poor Law Union: Sleaford
  • Hundred: Aveland
  • Province: Canterbury