Hemingby

• The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
• The North Lincolnshire Library holds copies of the census returns for 1841 and 1881.
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret.
• The parish church was completely rebuilt around 1771 of local stone in the Grecian style and restored in 1895.
• In 1895 the church tower was rebuilt.
• The church can seat 148 persons.
• The church is a Grade II listed structure with English Heritage.
• A photograph of the Anglican church is at the Richard BROTHWELL Church Photographs site.
• Stephen McKAY has a photograph of St. Margaret's Church on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2012.
• Here is a photo of St. Margaret's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

• Parish registers exist from 1579, but I.G.I. extracts go back to 1561.
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel here prior to 1841, but a new chapel was built in 1859. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of a Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2013. It is presumably a private residence now.
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

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

Hemingby is both a village and a parish about 4 miles north of Horncastle and 18 miles east of Lincoln. The parish is bordered on the west by the River Bain, on the south by Edlington parish and on the southeast by West Ashby parish. Glouceby parish lies to the north. The parish is in the heart of The Wolds and covers about 2,300 acres. "New End" is a hamlet just south of the village.

Hemingby village sits on a slope above the River Bain. A small rivulet runs through the village on its way to join the Bain. If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A158 trunk road, which runs between Lincoln and Horncastle, and turn right (east) at Baumber and drive one mile to Hemingby. Alternatively, one can take the A153 north out of Horncastle and turn west after West Ashby to Hemingby village.
• Check the local Community Website for current activities.
• Visit our touring page for more sources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Hemingby to another place.

• Janet E. SMITH has a photograph of the Coach and Horses on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006.
• These are the names associated with the pub in various directories:

• In 1841, Lady Jane BAKER was the principal landowner, but there were many smaller landowners too.
• In 1872, Miss Trafford SOUTHWELL was the principal landowner, but there were many smaller landowners too.

• Maps WorldWide may be able to provide you with a Landranger map of Hemingby. Ask for "Landranger Map 0122: Skegness & Horncastle".
• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF237744 (Lat/Lon: 53.252203, -0.147368), Hemingby which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• One son of Hemingby is recorded as a casualty of World War I on the Horncastle War Memorial. It is Private W. CHESELDINE, who died in 1917.

• The village is first recorded as Hamingebi in the 1086 Domesday Book, from the Old Scandinavian Hemingr+by or "farmstead of a man named Hemingr".
  A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
• The name has also been recorded as "Heningby".

• White's 1842 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BELTON, BOOTH, BRADER, BURNETT, DRANT, ELSEY, EVISON, FAIRBON, GRAVES, JOHNSON, LANGLEY, LEONARD, MARSHALL, MARWOOD, MERRIKIN, RHOADES, RYLATT, SHIPLAY, STRAWSON, TAYLOR, THACKERHAY, TODD, TURNER and WARD.
• White's 1872 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BARK, BETTS, BOSWELL, BRADER, BRUMBY, COOK, DRANT, DUNCOMBE, EASTGATE, ELSEY, ENGLISH, EVISON, FLECTHER, GELL, GRAVES, HARRISON, HILL, MARSHALL, RYLATT, STRAWSON, SWABEY and THACKERAY.

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
• The parish was in the North division of the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Horncastle petty session hearings every Saturday.
• A hospital was erected by Mrs. Jane DYMOKE in 1727. She established a yearly allowance for four poor widows of Lincolnshire to abide there. There was a 145 acre farm associated with the hospital for revenue purposes. The four almswomen received a weekly allowance of two shillings and thrupence, plus coal.
• Kate NICOL has a photograph of the Dymoke Almshouses on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2010.
• Mrs. DYMOKE's charity also allowed for about four apprentices to be in training in Hemingby at any one time.
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union on 16th January 1837.
• In 1848, Mrs. Jane BAKER left the interest on £500 to be distributed to the poor in coal.
• In the 1870's, £12 was distributed to the eight boys and girls with the best school attendance record. The award was granted in clothing.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	231
1811	244
1821	297
1831	366
1841	373
1851	407
1871	420
1881	402
1891	401
1901	332
1911	321

• A Free School was erected by Mrs. Jane DYMOKE in 1727.
• A Boys School was erected in 1865 and the Dymoke school became the girls' campus.
• In 1969 the local village school was closed. It was purchased by the parish in 1974 and converted into a village hall. It is available for hire and has a number of scheduled events.
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.