Spilsby was a rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 in Lincolnshire, parts of Lindsey

Lindsey

Lindsey was a unit of local government until 1974 in Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. The Isle of Axholme, which is on the west side of the River Trent, has normally formed part of it...

 from 1894 to 1974.

It was created by the Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...

 from the Spilsby

Spilsby

Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in Lincolnshire. England. The town is situated adjacent to the main A16 Trunk Road at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds north of the Fenlands, east of the county town of Lincoln, north east of Boston and north west from Skegness.The town has...

 rural sanitary district. It was reduced in 1896 when Alford was constituted an urban district and again in 1925 when the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Sutton in the Marsh became part of Mablethorpe and Sutton

Mablethorpe and Sutton

Mablethorpe and Sutton is a civil parish and town in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is on the North Sea coast and includes Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe, Sutton-on-Sea and Sandilands along with the inland village of Thorpe...

 urban district and 1926 when the neighbouring Skegness

Skegness

Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....

 Urban District was extended. In 1936 a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....

 enlarged the district when it absorbed the former Sibsey Rural District

Sibsey Rural District

Sibsey was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1936. It was formed in 1894 from that part of the Boston rural sanitary district which in Lindsey . It included the parishes of Sibsey, Carrington, Frithville, Langriville, Seven Acres, Thornton le Fen, and Westville...

.

It survived until 1974 when, under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

, it was merged with other districts to form the new East Lindsey

East Lindsey

East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

 district.

Civil parishes

The rural district contained the following civil parishes:

• Addlethorpe
  Addlethorpe
  Addlethorpe is a small village located just off the A52 west of Ingoldmells in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.Addlethorpe was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 when it consisted of 102 households, and was listed as having two churches....
  
  
• Alford
  Alford, Lincolnshire
  - Notable residents :* Captain John Smith who lived in nearby Willoughby* Anne Hutchinson, pioneer settler and religious reformer in the United States* Thomas Paine, who was an excise officer in the town....
  
   until 1896, when it was constituted a separate urban district
  Urban district
  In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
  
  .
• Anderby
  Anderby
  Anderby is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It has a population of 335, according to the 2001 census.The main village in the parish is called Anderby, and consists mainly of a stretch of housing just off the main A52....
  
  
• Ashby by Partney
  Ashby by Partney
  Ashby by Partney is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located to the south of the A158, east of the town of Spilsby...
  
  
• Aswardby
  Aswardby
  Aswardby lies 4 miles north-west of Spilsby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, north of the A158 road and west of the A16 road.Fr. T...
  
  
• Bilsby
  Bilsby
  Bilsby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, just east of the town of Alford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 415. It was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 when it consisted of eighteen households. Asserby and Thurlby are hamlets...
  
  
• Bolingbroke
  Bolingbroke
  Bolingbroke is the name of:* Henry IV of England, also known as Henry of Bolingbroke* Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , a Tory party Jacobite grandee and British statesman...
  
  
• Bratoft
  Bratoft
  Bratoft is a small hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 6 miles east of Spilsby and 2 miles west of Burgh Le Marsh, and south of the A158....
  
  
• Brinkhill
  Brinkhill
  Brinkhill is a village and civil parish about west of the town of Alford and about north west of the town of Spilsby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England...
  
  
• Burgh le Marsh
  Burgh Le Marsh
  Burgh-le-Marsh is a town to the west of Skegness in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The A158 used to run through from west to east but this was rerouted when a new bypass opened in late 2007. The village has a population of 2,016....
  
  
• Calceby
  Calceby
  Calceby is a small village in Lincolnshire, England, about five miles west of Alford.The church of Saint Andrew is in ruins, the last service to take place there being in 1692.Once much larger, Calceby is mentioned in Domesday Book where it was called Calesbi...
  
  
• Carrington
  Carrington, Lincolnshire
  Carrington is a village and civil parish located about 7 miles north of the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The village was created a township in 1812, after the drainage of the West Fen in 1802, and became a civil parish in 1858....
  
   (from 1936)
• Chapel St Leonards
  Chapel St Leonards
  Chapel St. Leonards is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated to the north of the resort of Skegness....
  
   (from 1896: formed from part of Mumby CP)
• Claxby
• Croft
  Croft, Lincolnshire
  Croft is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village lies about north east from Wainfleet, and west of Skegness....
  
  
• Cumberworth
  Cumberworth
  Cumberworth is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated about south-east of Alford....
  
  
• Dalby
  Dalby
  Dalby is a Scandinavian place name meaning "valley settlement", during the Viking Age, the name was brought to England and it later also became an English surname...
  
  
• Driby
  Driby
  Driby is a village and former parish, now part of the civil parish of South Thoresby, located about west of the town of Alford, Lincolnshire, England....
  
  
• East Keal
  East Keal
  East Keal is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, about north of the town of Boston and south of the town of Spilsby, in the county of Lincolnshire, England....
  
  
• East Kirkby
  East Kirkby
  East Kirkby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A155 south-east of Horncastle....
  
  
• Eastville
  Eastville, Lincolnshire
  Eastville, a village in Lincolnshire, England about north east of Boston and south of Spilsby, was an extra-parochial allotment of the East Fen, which was drained between 1802 and 1813...
  
  
• Farlesthorpe
  Farlesthorpe
  Farlesthorpe is a small hamlet about south-east of Alford, and about north east of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.Dating from the 9th Century, Farlesthorpe was originally a Danish settlement. The origins of the name of Farlesthorpe are unknown but in Domesday Book it is given as Haroldestrop...
  
  
• Frisby
  Frisby
  -Places:United Kingdom*Frisby, Leicestershire, or Frisby-by-Gaulby*Frisby on the Wreake, also in Leicestershire-Other:*A misspelling of the Frisbee flying disc...
  
  
• Friskney
  Friskney
  Friskney is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies west of the A52, north-east from Boston and south-west from Skegness....
  
  
• Frithville
  Frithville
  Frithville is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies about north of Boston on the B1183, and in the fenland area, West Fen....
  
   (from 1936)
• Great Steeping
  Great Steeping
  Great Steeping is a village and civil parish about from Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Monksthorpe.There are two churches dedicated to All Saints, one being redundant and now known as Old All Saints....
  
  
• Gunby
• Hagnaby
  Hagnaby
  Hagnaby, is a small village about south west of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.In Domesday it was called "Hagenebi" and had a population of twenty three households...
  
  
• Halton
• Holegate
• Hareby
  Hareby
  Hareby is a small village and former civil parish now in the civil parish of Bolingbroke, about west of the town of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England....
  
  
• Harrington
  Harrington, Lincolnshire
  Harrington is a hamlet and civil parish located 6 miles west of Alford, and about north west of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.-The Church:...
  
  
• Hogsthorpe
  Hogsthorpe
  In 1885 Kelly's reported a Wesleyan and a Primitive Methodist chapel, corn mills and brickfields. Chief landowners included Baroness Willoughby de Eresby and Lord of the Manor Lieutenant Colonel Sir Nelson Rycroft bart of Kempshott Park...
  
  
• Hundleby
  Hundleby
  Hundleby is a village, civil parish, and suburb of the town of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.The village of Hundelbi appears in Domesday Book and the Lord of the Manor in 1086 was Ivo Tallboys....
  
  
• Huttoft
  Huttoft
  Huttoft is a small village, east of the market town of Alford in the East Lindsey district of the county of Lincolnshire, England.It lies along the A52 road, between Ingoldmells and Sutton-on-Sea.- Etymology :...
  
  
• Ingoldmells
  Ingoldmells
  Ingoldmells is a coastal village, civil parish and resort in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the A52.-Geography:In terms of villages it is relatively large, and receives a lot of tourism yearly due its close position to Skegness. Most housing is found in the west of the...
  
  
• Irby in the Marsh
  Irby in the Marsh
  Irby in the Marsh is a settlement approximately 5 miles north of Wainfleet All Saints, with a population of 135 inhabitants.The village lies on the B1195 east of Spilsby...
  
  
• Langriville
  Langriville
  Langriville is a civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, about north west of the town of Boston on the B1192, and on the banks of the River Witham.-History:...
  
   (from 1936)
• Langton by Spilsby
  Langton by Spilsby
  Langton by Spilsby, sometimes called Langton by Partney, is a village and civil parish about north of the town of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England...
  
  
• Little Steeping
  Little Steeping
  Little Steeping is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district, about three miles from the town of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.The parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew, and is a Grade II* listed building...
  
  
• Markby
  Markby
  Markby is a village and civil parish in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east of Alford.The church of St Peter's is the only remaining thatched church in Lincolnshire. Popular with tourists, it is still used for weddings, christenings and funerals, as well...
  
  
• Mavis Enderby
  Mavis Enderby
  Mavis Enderby, the unusual name for a tiny hamlet nestling in the rolling hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds, east of Horncastle, is a corruption of Malbis Enderby, probably taken from the name of 14th century French landholders...
  
  
• Midville
  Midville, Lincolnshire
  Midville, a small village in Lincolnshire, England about north ofBoston, was an extra-parochial allotment of the East Fen, which was drained between 1802 and 1813, Midville being constituted as a parochial township by an act passed in 1885...
  
  
• Mumby
• New Leake
  New Leake
  New Leake is a village and civil parish, located about north of the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.St Judes Mission church lies within the village of New Leake. It appears to have been built and opened around 1896...
  
  
• Orby
  Orby
  Orby is a village and civil parish which lies in the marshes of the Lincolnshire coast east of the town of Spilsby, and west of the seaside resort of Skegness, Lincolnshire, England...
  
  
• Partney
  Partney
  Partney is a small village, around 3 miles north of Spilsby in the Lincolnshire Wolds. This village was the birth place of Henry Stubbe, the noted seventeenth century thinker.-Transport links:...
  
  
• Raithby
• Rigsby
  Rigsby, Lincolnshire
  Rigsby is a village and part of the civil parish of Rigsby with Ailby, about west of the town of Alford, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England....
  
   with Ailsby
• Sausthorpe
  Sausthorpe
  Sausthorpe is a village in the valley of the River Lymn in the Lincolnshire Wolds, England. It is situated north west of the town of Spilsby....
  
  
• Scremby
  Scremby
  Scremby is a village in the civil parish of Ashby with Scremby, about four miles north east of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.Scremby's red brick church was built in 1733 and dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It is a Grade II* listed building....
  
  
• Sibsey
  Sibsey
  Sibsey is a civil parish and village on the A16 road and B1184 in the English county of Lincolnshire, north of Boston in the district of East Lindsey. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,996. Sibsey Northlands is to the north of the village...
  
   (from 1936)
• Skendleby
  Skendleby
  Skendleby is a small village and civil parish, located near to the A158 and lies about four miles north east of the town of Spilsby in Lincolnshire and 34.8 miles due east of the county town Lincoln....
  
  
• South Ormsby
  South Ormsby
  South Ormsby, sometimes called South Ormesby, is a village in Lincolnshire, England. With the nearby hamlet of Ketsby, it forms the civil parish of South Ormesby with Ketsby...
  
   cum Ketsby
  Ketsby
  Ketsby is a hamlet in the civil parish of South Ormsby about west of the town of Alford, Lincolnshire, England.Ketsby was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086, when it was listed as having 18 households, 60 acres of meadow and a mill...
  
  
• Spilsby
  Spilsby
  Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in Lincolnshire. England. The town is situated adjacent to the main A16 Trunk Road at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds north of the Fenlands, east of the county town of Lincoln, north east of Boston and north west from Skegness.The town has...
  
  
• Stickford
  Stickford
  Stickford is a village and civil parish located near the A16 road, about south west of the town of Spilsby, in the East Lindsey district, of the county of Lincolnshire, England.Stickford is recorded in the Domesday Book as Stichesforde....
  
  
• Stickney
  Stickney, Lincolnshire
  Stickney is a civil parish and linear village lying along the A16 road in the middle of the Fens, just east of New Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire, England, in the district of East Lindsey....
  
  
• Sutterby
  Sutterby
  Sutterby is a hamlet in Lincolnshire, England not far from the small town of Horncastle in the parish of Langton by Spilsby.The first recorded mention of Sutterby is in the Domesday Book; the "-by" at the end of its name indicates this place may originally have been a Viking settlement .In 1219...
  
   (until 1936: absorbed by Langton by Spilsby CP)
• Sutton in the Marsh (until 1925: became part of Mablethorpe and Sutton Urban District)
• Thornton le Veal (from 1936)
• Thorpe St Peter
  Thorpe St Peter
  Thorpe St Peter is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north west of the town of Wainfleet.Thorpe was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 when it was listed as having 33 households, two mills and a church....
  
  
• Toynton All Saints
  Toynton All Saints
  Toynton All Saints is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about south of the town of Spilsby.Toynton All Saints, and its neighbours, the village of Toynton St Peter and the hamlet of Toynton Fenside, which lies directly south of Toynton All Saints,...
  
  
• Toynton St Peter
  Toynton St Peter
  Toynton St Peter is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about south of the town of Spilsby.Toynton St Peter, and its neighbours Toynton All Saints, and Toynton Fenside, were listed three times in Domesday Book of 1086, but only as "Toantun" so it is...
  
  
• Ulceby with Fordington
  Ulceby with Fordington
  Ulceby with Fordington is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.The principal settlements are Ulceby and Fordington.From 1894 to 1974 it was part of Spilsby Rural District....
  
  
• Wainfleet All Saints
• Wainfleet St Mary
• Welton le Marsh
  Welton le Marsh
  Welton Le Marsh is a village and civil parish about north east of the town of Spilsby and about south of the town of Alford, Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet of Boothby lies within the parish about east of Welton Le Marsh village....
  
  
• West Fen
• West Keal
• Westville
  Westville, Lincolnshire
  Westville is located north of Boston, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the fen country close to the village of Frithville, with which the hamlet shares the civil parish of Frithville and Westville....
  
   (from 1936)
• Willoughby
  Willoughby
  -Australia:*Willoughby, New South Wales, suburb of Sydney*City of Willoughby, local government area of New South Wales*Electoral district of Willoughby, in New South Wales*Cape Willoughby, on Kangaroo Island, South Australia-England:*Willoughby, Warwickshire...
  
   with Sloothby
  Sloothby
  Sloothby is a small village south-east of Willoughby, Lincolnshire on the road towards the seaside village of Chapel St Leonards in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire....
  
  
• Winthorpe
  Winthorpe, Lincolnshire
  Winthorpe is a small village about two miles north of Skegness, Lincolnshire. OS grid reference: TF562656.Winthorpe was both an ancient parish, and a civil parish, until 1926 when it was abolished...
  
  (until 1926: absorbed by Addlesthorpe CP and Skegness Urban District)