Fulletby

Description and Travel

Fulletby is both a village and a parish in the Wold hills, 3.5 miles northeast of Horncastle, 11 miles south of Louth and 8 miles northwest of Spilsby. Belchford parish lies to the north and Salmonby parish

Fulletby village is a small place in a low valley. If you are planning a visit:

• Consider staying at the HIGH BEACON COTTAGE, some 450 feet above sea level with excellent views of the countryside on clear days.
  
  
• There is a Protected Roadside Verge, between Fulletby and West Ashby.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Andrew.
  
  
• The church is built of green sandstone.
  
  
• The Church of St. Andrew was rebuilt in 1705, but its tower fell down in 1799. The church was rebuilt again in 1857.
  
  
• The Church of St. Andrew is now part of the Hemingby Group of the Horncastle Deanery.
  
  
• The church seats 120.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under "Yet More Lincolnshire".
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1750 for baptisms and burials and 1756 for marriages.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Hill rural deanery.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel here, built in 1802 and rebuilt in 1836. The Primitive Methodists built theirs in 1839. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which begain in July, 1837.
  
  

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History

• The village is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book.
  
  
• In 1841 the village consisted primarily of Mud-and-Stud cottages.
  
  
• In 1849, six Roman urns were dug up in the parish. They appeared to be funery urns as they contained burned bone fragments.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 2973.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 273 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The common fields were enclosed here in 1777.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The parish school was built in 1849-50 and could hold 40 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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