Saxby All Saints

The parish opened a Reading Room in 1882.

The Scunthorpe Central Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section.

Alternatively, the Barton-on-Humber Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

• The parish was in the Barton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
   
• 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 All Saints.
   
• Some of the church plate dates from the 1500s, but the date of the original church structure is unknown.
   
• The church was rebuilt between 1845 and 1848 from a design by George G. SCOTT.
   
• The tower pinnacles and clock were added in 1873 and 1893 respectively.
   
• The church was in the North Yarborough rural deanery.
   
• The church seats 226.
   
• There is a photograph of All Saints church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
   
• Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1719.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

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

Saxby is both a village and a parish 5 miles south of Barton on Humber. To the north is Horkstow parish and to the south is Bonby parish. The parish covers about 2,400 acres.

The village sits in a small vale in the Wolds overlooking the Ancholme River valley. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B1204 arterial road south out of South Ferriby or north out of Brigg.
   
• John FIRTH has a photograph of the B1204 through Saxby All Saints on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2012.
   
• Visit our touring page for more sources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Saxby All Saints to another place.

In the centre of the village is a drinking fountain erected in 1897 in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria.

• Saxby Hall is mentioned in the old directories, but not described. The Manor is on the West side of Main Street and is listed as an Historic England site, Grade II.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE991168 (Lat/Lon: 53.638176, -0.50271), Saxby All Saints 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.

The Queen Victoria column noted in the "history" topic is also the village War Memorial. The Inscription reads:
 

"In honour and memory of the men of this parish who fell in the Great War 1914/1918/(names)/May they rest in peace our village remembers them/In honour and memory of/(name)/of this parish killed on 3rd July 1944 in Normandy during the Second World War./May he rest in peace our village remembers him."

The names inscribed on the War Memorial (all died) are:

1. Duckett, Reginald Athur (misspelled as Duckitt on the memorial as reported by the IWM), pte. Royal Welsh Fisiliers
2. Hall, Thomas (too many men with same name on CWGC database)
3. Havercroft, Harry, lcpl. 4th Btln. Lincolnshire regt. WW2
4. Mason, Bertie Henry, pte. 5th Btln. KOYLI
5. Mason, Harry Lancelot. pte. 1/5th South Staffs. Regt.
6. Parkinson, Charles Alfred, pte. 4th Btln, Lincolnshire Regt.
7. Rushbrook, William. able seaman, Anson Btln. RN Division
8. Shepherdson, William, Srgt., A Co. 2nd Btln. Canadian Infantry

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the Glanford district in the parts of Lindsey.
   
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of the county.
   
• District governance is currently provided by the North Lincolnshire Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Barton-on-Humber petty session hearings every other Monday.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	215
1811	216
1831	260
1841	287
1871	286
1881	327
1891	302
1901	298
1911	274

• The parish school was enlarged in 1855 to hold up to 90 children.
   
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.