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Navenby

  • A Bronze Age cemetery has been found at Navenby as well as an Iron Age settlement. The Romans are reported to have had a small base or garrison at Navenby.
     
  • The ancient Market Town of Navenby had grants from Edward the Confessor, William Rufus and Richard II.
     
  • At one time the town square had a market cross in honour of Queen Eleanor, now long since removed.
     
  • A Sick Society was founded in 1811. A Temperance Hall was erected in 1852.
     
  • The Volunteer Fire Brigade was established in 1844, consisting of five men and a manual engine.
     
  • The Provincial Gas Light & Coke Co. supplied gas lighting to the village in 1857. This firm later became the Navenby & Wellingore Gas Light & Coke Co. Limited.
     
  • Navenby used to celebrate two annual fairs, one held on October 17th for farm animals and the other a feast on the Thursday before Easter.
     
  • The village held a Hiring Fair for servants on May Day.
     
  • The parish had a station three-quarters of a mile west of the village on the Lincoln to Grantham branch of the Great Northern Railway.
     
  • In 1871, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln was the principal landowner and lord of the manor. Most tenants leased their land for 21 years, renewable every seven years.
     
  • The Lion Public House was the spot to go for local news and gossip. It changed its name to "The Lion and Royal" after a visit by the Prince of Wales (Later Edward VII) in 1870. It is still open.
     
  • The parish had a Green Man Pub, but the webpage author could find no record of it, except for the street named "Green Man", It is now a private house.
     
  • The Butcher's Arms Public House at 69 High street was a good spot to find neighbors and friends. It was converted into a private house after 1930. These are the names associated with the place in various directories:
     
YearPerson
1842-- not listed --
1881George CLARKE
1882-- not listed --
1913-- not listed --
1919Herbert GANNER
1930Abe BECKHAM
  • The Chaplain's Arms Public House was William JOHNSON's place in 1882. It apparently closed with his death.
     
  • The Great Northern Hotel was was associated with the railroad. These are the names associated with the place in various directories:
YearPerson
1842-- not listed --
1872William SINGLETON, vict.
1882Jesse HARRISON, vict.
1913John BRISTOW
1919John BRISTOW
1919John BRISTOW
1930Geo. H. BROWN

There appear to be no guests at the GNR Hotel in 1881. Here is the census entry (RG 11/3235 folio 23):

RelationshipNameSexAgeWhere born
HeadJesse HARRISONM29Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire
wifeMary A. HARRISONF34Navenby, Lincolnshire
stepsonGeorge W. BARRANDM8America
stepdaugh.Gertrude E. BARRANDF5America
stepdaugh.Florence M. BARRANDF2Navenby, Lincolnshire
daughterAda M. HARRISONF0Navenby, Lincolnshire
servantElizabeth HUTCHINSONF13Harmston, Lincolnshire
  • The King's Head Public House is a 18th century Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
     
  • The King's Head Public House was another conversation spot. These are the names associated with the place in various directories:
     
YearPerson
1842John CODDINGTON, vict.
1861William ARMSTEAD
1868Joseph ARMSTEAD
1872Henry KISHY, brickmaker
1882George CLARKE
1913John GOODHEAD
1919Charles HANDFORD
1930Thomas George WOODWARD

And only one lodger at the King's Head in 1881. Here is the census entry (RG 11/3235 folio 4):

RelationshipNameSexAgeWhere born
HeadGeorge CLARKEM62Wold Newton, Lincolnshire
wifeHannah CLARKEF54Navenby, Lincolnshire
sonRobert CLARKEM33Navenby, Lincolnshire
sonTom CLARKEM21Navenby, Lincolnshire
daugh.Sophy CLARKEF16Navenby, Lincolnshire
sonHenry CLARKEM14Navenby, Lincolnshire
sonAndrew CLARKEM12Navenby, Lincolnshire
lodgerJohn PALINM52Welbourne, Lincolnshire
  • The Lion Public House (often listed as a hotel) was the spot to go for local news and gossip since it opened in 1824. It is also a Grade II listed building with British Heritage. It changed its name to "The Lion and Royal" after a visit by the Prince of Wales (Later Edward VII) in 1870. It is still operating.
     
  • Trevor RICKARD has taken a picture of the The Lion & Royal and put it on Geo-graph. Names and years are:
     
YearPerson
1842-- not listed --
1868William GODBEHERE
1872Wm. Woolfit GODBEHERE, brewer
1882William Woolfitt GODBEHERE, vict.
1913Frank MILNER
1919Tom FISHER
1930Wm. FISHER
  • The Reindeer Public House at 10 High street was was also well known. It has since become a fish and chips shop. These are the names associated with the place in various directories:
     
YearPerson
1842John Rose CHERRY, vict.
1861John POOLE
1868George CLARKE
1872James LINNELL, vict.
1882John NELSON, vict.
1913William PILSWORTH
1919William PILSWORTH
1930William MARSTON

John NELSON was born in Branston, LIN, circa 1843. His wife Emma (nee ALLETT) was born in Heighington, LIN, circa 1847.

Lincolnshire

  • You may want to find the book "The History of the County of Lincoln" by ALLEN, publ. 1834. Found online at Archive.Org.
     
  • Here's a handy website of British history which you can search by location.
     
  • The Black Death or Plague swept through Lincolnshire (and all of western Europe) in 1680 through 1690.
     
  • All of England suffered from a "monster" storm in November of 1703 that killed a reported 8,000 people. Seaside villages suffered greatly and their church and civil records may have been lost.
     
  • In a similar storm in early 1953 flooding occurred from Mablethorpe to Skegness, reaching as far as 2 miles inland.
     
  • Liz DAVIES offers a list of names from the Agricultural Workers Revolt of 1872 and a list of Farmers against the Unions of 1874. Her Great Grandfather had an employer who found him reading a newspaper one day. He was asked "Can you read then, Pennell?" "Yes, sir," was the reply. "Then you can pack your bags and be off. We don't want your sort here."
     
  • For reasons that are buried in ancient history, folks who were born in Lincolnshire are called Yellow Bellies. No one knows for sure, but come find a list of possibilities.
     
  • What was life like back in the "good old days"? You might try to find a copy of "Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes," written in 1698. Part 3 covers her trip through East Anglia. Another source is H. E. Bates, who began to write a regular column for "Country Life" (published by Penguin) just before WW2. Beware the authors who paint rosy pictures of the landed gentry and their great estates.
     
  • The book "Life As We Have Known It," Margaret Llewelyn DAVIES, reprinted by Virago in 1977 is a selection of notes written by women around WW1, describing their lives. The chapter by Mrs. Burrows - "A childhood in the Fens 1850-1860", would shatter all of one's illusions about how life in the country really was. She left school at 8 years of age, unable to read or write. She worked 14 hours in the fields with other children younger than her. The ganger had a whip, which "he did not forget to use". They were required to walk at least 2 miles and sometimes around five miles to reach a particular field, and then home again in the evening. (Thank you, Adrian HEDGECOY)
     
  • The Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 might have your village listed in its Lincolnshire section.
     
  • The "big invention" of the 1800s was the steam engine and the impact it had on agriculture that century. It not only brought the railways, but also steam engines now replaced "ag labs" in the fields and replaced windmills for draining the Fens and pumping water. Oddly, many men found work in the coal mines to supply fuel for these "beasts", while others worked in the iron pits around Scunthorpe because of the demand for iron and steel.
     
  • "The Lincolnshire Poacher" is a traditional English folk song associated with the county of Lincolnshire, and dealing with the joys of poaching. It is considered to be the unofficial county anthem of Lincolnshire and it is the quick march of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. Find out more at Wikipedia
     

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