Alford is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Lincolnshire. Rigsby with Ailby is a chapelry of Alford.
Other places in the parish include: Tothby.
Alternative names: Alford with Rigsby and Ailby
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561
Nonconformists include: General Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
- Saleby with Thoresthorpe
- Bilsby
- Belleau with Claythorpe, Aby and Greenfield
- Well
- Rigsby with Ailby
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ALFORD, a small town, a parish, and a subdistrict in the district of Spilsby, Lincoln. The town stands on a rivulet, adjacent to the East Lincoln railway, 10½ miles SSE of Louth, and 23¼ NNE of Boston; took its name from an old ford on the rivulet; gives the title of Viscount to Earl Brownlow; comprises three main streets and a market-place; is a seat of petty sessions, and a polling place; carries on brewing, tanning, dyeing, rope-making, and other employments; and has a r. station with telegraph, a head post-office, two banking offices, three chief inns, a police station, a handsome recent corn exchange, a neat mechanics’ institute of 1854, with lecture-hall and library, an early English church, five dissenting chapels, a grammar school with £354 a year from endowment, and with a fellowship and three scholarships at Cambridge, an endowed school for girls, a mixed national school, six alms-houses, some other charities, a weekly market on Tuesday, and stock fairs on Whit-Tuesday and 8 Nov. The parish comprises 1,410 acres. Real property, £7,893. Pop., 2,658. Houses, 592. The property is subdivided. There are a mineral spring and barrows. The living is a vicarage, united to the curacy of Rigsby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £163. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Census
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Church Records
Births and baptisms, 1814-1837 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church. Alford Circuit (Lancashire)
Births and baptisms, 1814-1837 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church. Alford Circuit (Lancashire)
Births and baptisms, 1826-1836 Author: West End Chapel (Alford, Lincolnshire : Independent)
Births and baptisms, 1826-1836 Author: West End Chapel (Alford, Lincolnshire : Independent)
Church registers, 1849-1895 Author: Primitive Methodist Church. Alford Circuit (Lincolnshire)
Marriages at Alford, 1538-1837 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alford (Lincolnshire)
Transcript of registers, 1806-1889 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church. Alford Circuit (Lancashire)
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Alford Lincolnshire Universal British Directory 1791
Alford is situated about 6 miles from the sea; 25 miles N. E. from Boston; and 142 from London. It has a market on Tuesday; and two fairs in the year, viz. Whitsun-Tuesday; and the 8th day of November. Post days, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Here are two inns. A waggon from Louth and London on Tuesday and Thursday.
The principal seats near Alford are, Well, 1 mile, the seat of Samuel Dashwood, Esq. Throesby, 4 miles N. the seat of Willoughby Wood, Esq. Claxby Grove, 4 miles S. the residence of – More, Esq. Willoughby, 2 miles, seat of the Rev. G. Bouyer. The following are its inhabitants:
Gentlemen, &c.
Andrews Henry, Esq. (F.)
Andrews John, Esq. (F.)
Fields Richard, Esq.
Key John, Esq.
Key Mrs. Widow, (F.)
Wayett Edmund, Esq.
Wayett Thomas, Esq. (F.)
Clergy.
Colston Rev. Henry
Ellis Rev. William, A. M. Master of the Grammar School
Eskrige Rev. — , Vicar of Markby
Pennington Rev. Thomas
Wavett, Rev. Thomas Herson, Vicar of Maltby
Wilson Rev.
Willoughby Rev. William, Vicar of Alford
Physic.
Bennet Samuel, Surgeon & Apothecary
Goe -, Surgeon and Apothecary
Hewer John, Apothecary
Mulie , Surgeon and Apothecary
Law.
Carnley William, Attorney.
Traders, &c.
Aicock Thomas, Schoolmaster
Artindale Thomas, Butcher
Atkin William, Seedsman & Gardener
Barsley Robert, Carrier
Brayam Richard, Blacksmith
Buckton George, Sadler
Brown Humphry, (F.) Baker
Brown Widow, Victualler, Three Tuns
Bradley T. Steward to Col. Manners
Bontoft John, Victualler, Bull’s Head
Caborn John, Peruke-maker
Cary Richard, Farmer
Cash Thomas, Shoe-maker
Caldicott Richard, Butcher
Cutchbert George, Grocer
Colvil John, Clock-maker
Craft Elizabeth, fellmonger
Coates Thomas, Schoolmaster
Donaldson Robert, Taylor
Dales Simeon, Mason
Emerson John, Draper
Fell William, Carpenter and Auctioneer
Flint Richard, Victualler, & Peruke-maker
Foster William, Bricklayer and Mason
Gilby John, (F.) Maltster
Griffith -, Victualler, the Wind Mill
Goodwin Charles, (F.) Malster and Coal Merchant
Goose John, (F.) Cooper
Hadwick William, Baker
Hanford J. Victualler George & Dragon
Haram Walter, Shoe-maker
Harpham M. Collar-maker & Sadler
Heaton Samuel, Stay-maker
Jackson William, (F.) Wheelwright
Jackson John, Wheelwright
Kelk Francis, Butcher
Kingston William, Custom-house Officer
Laughton Holland, Victualler, Red Lion
Lill John, sen. Baker
Lill Edward, Baker
Lucas Rd. (F.) Manufacturer of Wool
Lyne George, Breeches-maker
Mackinder J. Victualler, Stag’s Head
Milner Joseph, Fellmonger
Mountain William, Plumber
Pape John, Taylor
Pearson George, Blacksmith
Pearson Widow, (F.) Shoe-maker
Place Dover Thomas, Butcher
Reynoldson R. Victualler, White Horse
Rockcliff John, Victualler, the Anchor
Row Valentine, Excise Officer
Sanderson Michael, Excise Officer
Springer Peter, Victualler, White Hart
Stainton Thomas, Draper
Slight Thomas, sen. Taylor, Auctioneer, and Merchant
Slight Thomas, jun. Taylor, & Common Brewer
Surfleet William, jun. Weaver
Surfleet Wm. Victualler, Horse Shoes
Taylor Wm. Draper & Hardware-man
Trolley William, Breeches-maker
Wilson William, Shoe-maker
Wright William, Hardware-man
Wilkinson William, Currier
Wilkinson James, Shoe-maker
Whitworth James, Tallow Chandler
Wood Cary, Cabinet-maker
Source: The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture 1791. Vol. 2.
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Administration
- County: Lincolnshire
- Civil Registration District: Spilsby
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Calcewaith
- Poor Law Union: Spilsby
- Hundred: Calcewaith
- Province: Canterbury