Old Somerby (with Great Humby), Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire



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

The Church is listed as a National Monument by English Heritage and there was a chapel of ease for the parish at Great Humby

See: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 129-133.

Old Somerby is situated three miles east of the town of Grantham in southern Lincolnshire in South Kesteven. Neighbouring parishes include Ropsley, Lincolnshire and Boothby Pagnell, Lincolnshire

This parish should not be confused with Somerby, Lincolnshire

Civil Registration
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 Somerby by Grantham 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 with

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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