Redbourne Local History Pack

• The Name.
• The Place.
• Population History.
• Entry from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900.
• Holdings in North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library.
• References in the Star Newspaper Index.
• Related websites.

The name

With the iron oxide dissolved by peat acids from bog iron in the Redbourne stream the oars of the Angles would soon have converted the clear stream into a red one hence the definition of the villages name, 'the village at the haven roadstead of the red burn'.

More information can be found in:

• Eminson T.B.F. Place and River Names of the West Riding of Lindsey Lincolnshire.
• Mills, A.D. A Dictionary of English Place Names.

The place

The village of Redbourne is about six miles south west of Brigg. The parish church of St Andrew was made redundant in 1978 and is now maintained by the redundant Churches Fund. The churches one claim to fame is its startling stained glass window. The east window contains a scene of the 'Opening of the Sixth Seal' as described in Revelation in the Bible. The window, based on a Francis Danby painting of 1826, dates from around 1840 and is signed by William Collins.

Population history

Entry from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900

Redbourne is a parish and village on the Lincoln road from Brigg station, 5.75 miles south-by-west from Brigg, 17 north from Lincoln and 2.5 east from Kirton-in-Lindsey station on the main line of the Great Central (late M. S. & L.) railway, in the North Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey, east division of the wapentake of Manley, Brigg petty sessional division, Glanford Brigg union, Brigg county court district, rural deanery of Corringham, archdeaconry of Stowe and diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Andrew is a building of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, and clerestoried nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and a lofty western tower containing a clock and six bells; the whole is embattled, and, with the exception of the tower, is ornamented with crocketed pinnacles: there is a very fine stained window in the chancel, and twelve others in the aisles representing the Twelve Apostles: this church is the burial place of the Beauclerk family, Dukes of St. Albans, the family mausoleum being situated on the right side of the chancel, in which are hung the ducal arms, and there are handsome mural tablets to the memory of various members of the family, and a mural tablet to William Carter, d 1752, and Roger Carter d 1774, predecessors of the De Vere family in this estate: there is also in the chancel an ancient stone with the incised effigy of a knight in full armour, supposed to date from about 1500: in 1888 the church was entirely reseated and a new porch added, and in 1894 a new organ was erected in memory of Elizabeth Catherine, Dowager Duchess of St. Albans, by her children, William Amelius Aubrey De Vere, 10th Duke of St. Albans, and Lady Diana De Vere Huddleston; there are 150 sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £251, including 9 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of St. Albans, and held since 1869 by the Rev. George Godfrey M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. Waterhouse's charity of £2 yearly is for fuel. About half a mile off the main road, surrounded by a fine park of 300 acres, is Redbourne Hall, a handsome mansion of stone, the property of the Duke of St. Albans, who is sole landowner, and at present in the occupation of the vicar. A quit rent is paid to the lord of the manor or soke of Kirton-in-Lindsey. The soil is light loam; subsoil limestone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 3,966 acres of land and 7 of water; rateable value, £3,240; the population in 1891 was 321.

Holdings in North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library

• Redbourne : Stained Glass Window - Binnall, Peter. In Journal of British Society of Master Glass-Painters. 1960-61.

References in the Star Newspaper Index

• Post Office robbery NLS 20.6.1891 5f.
• Fire brigade formed LS 27.8.1910 4g.
• Stackyard fire - heavy damage LS 24.10.1925 8b.
• New water supply found (underground) SFS 24.1.1948 4b.