Owersby with Kirkby and Osgodby, Lincolnshire Family History Guide
Owersby with Kirkby and Osgodby is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lincolnshire, created in the late 1700s from Kirkby cum Osgodby Ancient Parish and Owersby Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: South Owersby, South Gulholm, South Gulham, Osgodby near Market Rasen, Osgodby, North Gulham, Kirkby cum Osgodby, and Kirkby.
Alternative names:
- Long Owersby
- North Owersby
- Owersby
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Owersby with Kirkby and Osgodby
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1562
Kirkby cum Osgodby
- Parish registers: 1555
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- West Rasen
- Thornton le Moor
- Middle Rasen
- Bishop Norton with Atterby
- Usselby
- Claxby with Normanby le Wold
- Holton le Moor
- Waddingham
- Kingerby
Parish History
Owersby
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
OWERSBY, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln.
The village stands 2½ miles E of the river Ancholme, 3 WNW of Usselby r. station, and 4¾ NW by N of Market-Rasen; and has a post-office under Market-Rasen.
The parish is cut into two sections, N and S; and is sometimes regarded as two parishes.
Acres of N. O., 4, 718. Real property, £4, 935. Pop. in 1851, 351; in 1861, 421. Houses, 76. The increase of pop. arose from the erection of cottages for local labourers, who previously resided in adjacent parishes.
Acres of S. O., 810. Real property, £2,020. Pop. in 1851, 97; in 1861, 76. Houses, 18.
The manor belongs to W. Angerstein, Esq. Much improvement was recently effected by taking down old buildings, and replacing them with superior new ones.
The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Kirkby-Osgodby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £291. Patron, W. Anger-stein, Esq. The church is a neat modern edifice, with a tower.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1856; an endowed school, founded in 1705; and a small charity.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Kirkby
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KIRKBY, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln.
The village stands on a branch of the river Ancholme, 2½ miles W by S of Usselby r. station, and 3½ NW of Market-Rasen.
The parish contains also the village of Osgodby, which has a postal letter box under Market-Rasen; and it bears the name of Kirkby-cum-Osgodby. Acres, 1, 710. Real property, £2, 211. Pop., 477. Houses, 108. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to George Hewit, Esq.
The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Owersby, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is Norman, in good condition, and has a tower.
There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catholics, and a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Osgodby
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
OSGODBY, a village in Kirkby parish, Lincoln; 3½ miles N W of Market-Rasen. It has chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catholics.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Kirkby cum Osgodby
Osgodby (near Market-Rasen)
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Lincolnshire
- Civil Registration District: Caistor
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Walshcroft
- Poor Law Union: Caistor
- Hundred: Walshcroft
- Province: Canterbury