Hundleby
Description and Travel
This parish is located just west of Spilsby parish. The parish covers just over 1,020 acres.
Today, the village is a suburb of the town of Spilsby. If you are planning a visit:
- The B1195 trunk road passes thru the village.
- Hundleby is where the Spilsby Poor Law Union workhouse was built.
- See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
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Census
- The parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2375 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3392A & 3393A |
| 1881 | R.G. 11 / 3255 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2603 |
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Church History
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Mary.
- The church was originally built in the 15th century, but it was in delapidated condition by the early 1800s.
- The church was pulled down and rebuilt in 1854-5. The new church opened in May, 1855.
- The church seats about 200.
- Here is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
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Church Records
- The parish register dates from 1707.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
- Some sources show the parish church being in the Hill (No. 1) rural deanery of Lincoln. This may be the same entity as described above.
- There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the parish. The first one was replaced in 1871. 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 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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History
The Maltsters' Arms Public House has an interesting history. Apparently built after 1842 and before 1868, the proprietors were:
| Year | Person |
|---|---|
| 1868 | Thomas VEAR |
| 1872 | John MARSHALL, butcher |
| 1882 | Wm. Robt. DAWSON |
| 1900 | William TASKER |
| 1913 | Samuel BELL |
In 1872 and for several years after there was a yearly feast at the Maltster Arms. They held amusements such as egg racing, dog and rabbit racing. Sometime after World War One this place became the Hundleby Hotel.
The Malsters' Amrs in the 1881 census:
R.G. 11 / 3255 folio 108
Relationship Name Sex Age Where born head William R. DAWSON M 40 Norwich, Norfolk wife Lizzie DAWSON F 35 Scotter, Lincolnshire son Herbert DAWSON M 8 Spilsby, Lincolnshire daug. Estelle DAWSON F 7 Spilsby, Lincolnshire son Alvin DAWSON M 6 Hundleby, Lincolnshire son Leeson DAWSON M 4 Hundleby, Lincolnshire daug. Mabel E. DAWSON F 3 Hundleby, Lincolnshire daug. Lizzie DAWSON F 2 Hundleby, Lincolnshire son William R. DAWSON M 0 Hundleby, Lincolnshire mother-in-law Eleanor PERKINS F 63 Gressenhall, Norfolk servant Ellen STEPHENSON F 18 Wainfleet, Lincolnshire lodger Richard BOGG M 58 Raithby, Lincolnshire
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Maps
- The national grid reference is TF 3866.
- 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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Medical Records
- Hundleby was home to the Grace Swan Memorial Cottage Hospital. It was built in the late 1800s, opened in 1902 and closed in the 1990s. No records of admissions are known. There is a photograph at Flickr.
- The Lincoln Archives does hold financial records and the minute books for 1898 through 1948.
- There is even a 2 minute black and white silent film at Lincolnshire Film Archives taken at the hospital in 1940.
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Military History
- In the churchyard is a stone shaft surmounted by a crucifix, in memory of the seven villagers who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
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Politics and Governance
- This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the East division of the ancient Bolingbroke Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in South Lindsey division of the county, as does the 1913 edition.
- The parish was also in the Bolingbroke Soke.
- In December, 1880, a detached portion of this parish was transferred to the new parish of West Fen.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
- The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1804.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
- Spilsby Poor Law Union Workhouse was located in this parish.
- Bastardy cases for the Spilsby sub-district would be heard in this parish.
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Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 218 1831 420 1871 735 1881 631 1891 562 1911 498
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Schools
- This parish had a long-standing right to send three students to a Raithby parish free school.
- An Elementary School was built in this parish. In 1884 it was enlarged to hold up to 120 children.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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Last updated on 23-October-2012
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