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Bonby

Description

Bonby or Bondeby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, on the river Ancholme, 3 miles NW of Elsham station on the M.S. & L.R., and 6 N of Brigg, with a post office under Hull; money order office, Worlaby; telegraph office, Elsham (R.S.) Acreage of parish, 2467; population, 341. An alien priory was founded here in the time of King John, and given to the Chartreux House at Beanval in Notts in the time of Henry IV. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £186 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Yarborough. The church is an ancient building of brick in the Early English style. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5

Record Sources

1911 Bonby Census
1901 Bonby Census
1891 Bonby Census
1881 Bonby Census
1871 Bonby Census
1861 Bonby Census
1851 Bonby Census
1841 Bonby Census

British Phone Books 1880-1984

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Last updated: 31st August 2010