Strubby
WARNING: There are two places named Strubby in Lincolnshire. This one is a village and parish. The other one is a hamlet in the parish of Langton by Wragby.
Description and Travel
Strubby is both a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, about 4 miles north of Alford and 10 miles south-east of Louth. Withern parish lies to the north-west. The parish covers just over 2,000 acres and includes the hamlet of Woodthorpe, nearly two miles south of Strubby village.
The village is in the Lincolnshire Wolds. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the village is just off the A157 trunk road which you can take southeast out of Louth.
- Check our touring page for Lincolnshire.
Census
- The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1851 | H.O. 107 / 2111 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2379 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3399 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2606 |
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Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Oswald.
- The church was originally built in the 13th century.
- The church was rebuilt in 1857.
- The church chancel was built in 1874.
- The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- The church seats about 161.
- There is a photograph of Saint Oswald's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site, taken by Paul Fenwick.
- Here is a photo of St. Oswald's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
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Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1845. 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 Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
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Manors
- Woodthorpe Hall, in the hamlet of Woodthorpe, is a large brick Tudor mansion, formerly the seat of the BALLETT (BULLETT) family.
- Woodthorpe Hall is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
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Maps
- The national grid reference is TF 4582.
- 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
- RAF Strubby opened in April, 1944. It was the most easternly of Lincolnshire's airfields. It was used by Coastal Command to interdict enemy vessels at sea and in canals.
- After the war, RAF Strubby came under the operation of the RAF Flying College at RAF Manby.
- RAF Strubby closed as a military base in 1977.
- The airfield was used for a while by Conoco Phillips as a helicopter base for ferrying equipment and workers to the North Sea oil fields.
- The airfield is now home to the Lincolnshire Gliding Club.
- Here is a photograph of the Control Tower at RAF Strubby.
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Military Records
- This list was contributed by John Readman of the UK.
- MEN OF STRUBBY WITH WOODTHORPE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1918
| Surname | Given names | Rank | Unit or vessel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALDOCK | George | Sergeant | 9th Durham Light Infantry | |
| BURMAN | Arthur | Private | 2nd Lincs Regiment | |
| CRAGG | Stanley P. | Private | 8th Lincs Regiment | Died |
| FARROW | Reg. Asher | Private | 9th Durham Light Infantry | |
| HOLMES | Chas. Elsom | Private | 9th Lincs Regiment | |
| KELK | Julian | Lieut. | Bedfordshire Yeomanry | |
| LARDER | Ernest | Private | 3/4 Lincs. Regiment | Died |
| PARSONS | Robt. Wm. | Sapper | Royal Engineers | |
| SKINN | James | Private | 2nd Leicester Regiment | |
| THORNDIKE | Chas. Wm. | Private | West Yorks Regiment | |
| VEAR | David Henry | Private | 1st Lincs Regiment | |
| WATTAM | Charles | Private | Coldstream Guards | |
| WATTAM | George | Gunner | Royal Garrison Artillery | |
| WATTAM | James | Private | Sherwood Foresters | |
| WATTAM | Tom | Private | 2nd Lincs Regiment | Died |
- You can see these names repeated on the Roll of Honour.
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Names, Geographical
- The name Strubby is from the Old Scandinavian Struthr+by, meaning "village of a man called Struthr". In the 1086 Domesday book, the village is given as Strobi.
A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
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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 Wold division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the South Lindsey district of the county.
- The parish is small enough that it has a Parish Meeting in place of a formal Parish Council to decide civic and politial issues.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
- In 1728, Thomas WILLIAMSON left a yearly rent-charge of £2 and 12 shillings out of a farm at Cumberworth to be distributed to the poor in bread.
- The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1840.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty session hearings.
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Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 195 1831 201 1841 268 1871 281 1881 289 1891 270 1901 215 1911 201
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Schools
- A parochial school (Public Elementary School) was erected in 1878 to hold up to 40 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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Last updated on 11-December-2012
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