In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bigby like this:
BIGBY, a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln; 2½ miles SSE of Barnetby r. station, and 4 E of Glanford-Brigg. It includes the hamlets of Kettleby and Kettleby-Thorp; and has a post office under Brigg. Acres, 3,440. Real property, £4,916. Pop., 249. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £708.* Patron, V. D. Elwes, Esq. The church is early English, in good condition. There is a free school. Roman coins and fragments of a Roman pavement have been found.
Bigby through time
Bigby is now part of West Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bigby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bigby, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11568
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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