Saxby by Owmby, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England Lincolnshire  Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
SAXBY (St. Helen), a parish in the E. division of the wapentake of Aslacoe, parts of Lindsey, union and county of Lincoln, 4 miles (S. E.) from Spittal. The living is a vicarage, with the rectory of Firsby united.

Saxby by Owmby St Helen was built as a mortuary chapel for the Earls of Scarborough (the Lumley Saunderson family) in 1775.

The church was restored in 1869 when the apse window was blocked and plastered over, 1895 and following earthquake damage in 2004.

The village is to the north of Lincoln Owmby, Lincolnshire is to the north and Spridlington, Lincolnshire parish to the south.

The village and civil parish of Saxby includes the neighbouring mediaeval settlements of East and West Firsby about 4 miles north of Lincoln. The mediaeval parish of East Firsby lost its church and the civil parish was abolished in 1936.

This parish should not be confused with Saxby All Saints, Lincolnshire or other Saxby parishes in England.

Civil Registration
This parish was in the North-East sub district of Lincoln registration district

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Material deposited at Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street,Lincoln,Lincolnshire,LN2 5AB,England Enquiries: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk The website enables you to view a PDF file for all records held for each parish as part of continuing efforts to provide an online catalogue

The digitisation of parish records for the county now offers images via the Lincs to the past website (July 2011). Use advanced search terms at Search Lincs to the past to search for available images for parish registers and other records for this parish with images. Advance search terms Saxby (Owmby) Par 1 and Firsby (by Saxby) Par 1 will identify available images.

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Lincoln 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.

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