Old Somerby (with Great Humby), Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire

Parish History
Somerby St Mary Magdalene is an Ancient Parish which includes Great Humby and Dunsthorpe.

SOMERBY (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Grantham, wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 4 miles (S. E. by E.) from Grantham; containing, with the chapelry of Great Humby, 267 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2543a. 15p.: there are quarries of stone, which is used for common building purposes. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 12. 3½.; net income, £645; patron, Lord Willoughby de Eresby. The tithes were commuted for a corn-rent variable every fifteen years, by an act of parliament in 1811; the glebe comprises 77 acres. The church contains a tablet to the Rev. John Myers, for 42 years rector. There is a chapel of ease at Great Humby; and a parochial school is supported by subscription. Some traces exist of a Roman road.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 129-133. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51286 Date accessed: 21 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Grantham Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lincolnshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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