Skendleby (Skendleby Psalter)

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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
  
  
• There was a church here at the time of the Domesday survey (1068).
  
  
• The church dates back to prior to 1094.
  
  
• The church was repaired in 1851 and again in 1858.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1875.
  
  
• The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Peter and Saint Paul Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1723 for baptisms and burials and 1745 for marriages.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Bolingbroke Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the South Hill rural deanery.
  
  
• A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here, in the village, in 1849, replacing an earlier chapel. There was a Roman Catholic chapel in Skendleby Hall which held Mass on Thursdays. 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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Description and Travel

This small village and parish lies about 4 miles north of Spilsby. Scremby parish lies just to the southeast and Ulceby parish to the north. The parish covers just over 1,500 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A1028 trunk road between Louth and Skegness. Just south of Ulceby, turn west for Skendleby.
  
  
• See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  

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Manors

• Skendleby Hall was built in the Elizabethan style, built of red brick with stone facings.
  
  
• The Hall was the property and seat of William Dunn GAINSFORD in 1900 thru 1912.
  
  
• Skendleby Hall is now available for hire, should you need a place to gather all your relatives for a family re-union.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4369.
  
  
• 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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Military History

• In 1941, Skendleby became a Chain Home Low Radar site for detecting Axis aircraft approaching the English coast.
  
  
• The site became a Ground Control Intercept site in the 1950s.
  
  
• RAF Skendleby closed some time after 1950 and passed into private owndership. It has been used for some years as a storage site.
  
  
• In the year 2000, the site was visited by Subterranea Britannica.
  
  

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Military Records

For a photograph of the Skendleby War Memorial and the names on it, see the Roll of Honour site.

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, 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.

• In 1644, Thomas WOODRIFFE left 7 acres of land to be worked by the poor.
  
  
• In 1666, William FREEMAN left a yearly rent-charge of 4 Shillings for the poor.
  
  
• An undated charity of the interest from £100, left by Isabella PILKINGTON, is distributed in gowns to poor widows.
  
  
• The parish had a Clothing Club, supported by the chief landowners of the parish, which distributed clothing to the poor.
  
  
• 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	174
1831	253
1841	290
1871	295
1881	270
1891	258
1911	204

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Schools

• A National School was built here in 1842.
  
  
• It appears that the old school has closed and the property now used as a private day care for infants.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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