Hareby

Description and Travel

This village and parish lie 4.5 miles west of Spilsby and about 8 miles southeast of Horncastle. The parish covers just under 750 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of the village Millenium Dome, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• We have an extract of a small portion of the 1901 surname index which you are welcome to review or add to.
  
  
• 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 is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.
  
  
• The church nave was rebuilt in 1858.
  
  
• The church seats about 60 persons.
  
  
• There is a photograph of Saints Peter and Paul Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under "Yet More Lincolnshire".
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saints Peter and Paul's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1567.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3365.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 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

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the West division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
  
  
• Kelly's 1912 Directory of Lincolnshire places this parish, perhaps incorrectly, in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	59
1831	81
1871	74
1881	42
1891	38
1901	46
1911	44

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Schools

• No school is known to be built in this parish.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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