Worlaby by Louth, Lincolnshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Worlaby by Louth was an extra parochial place (marriages and Burials should be searched in Ruckland with Farforth and Maidenwell, Lincolnshire parish registers)which in the mid 1800's was created as a civil parish. Worlaby was abolished in 1936 to help create Maidenwell Civil Parish.

The civil parish is 8 miles south of Louth and a church mission room was established in 1870. The chapel was dedicated to St Clement and is now a private residential dwelling.

The chapel of St Clement should not be confused with St Clement Worlaby by Brigg, Lincolnshire

"Worlaby - BARNET-BY-THE-WOLD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Glandford-Brigg, S. division of the wapentake of Yarborough, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5 miles (E. N. E.) from Glandford-Brigg; containing 679 inhabitants. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans."

Civil Registration
This parish was in the Louth sub-district of Louth 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
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 Worlaby by Louth Par 1 will identify available images.

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

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

Census records
See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Louth 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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