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Question:My husbands great great grand father was born there. I am trying to research his family tree but have got stuck. I have emailed the Lincoln Library and am awaiting an answer from them. Hope some one can help! Regards Rosina.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My husbands great great grand father was born there. I am trying to research his family tree but have got stuck. I have emailed the Lincoln Library and am awaiting an answer from them. Hope some one can help! Regards Rosina.

This is the entry from a 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England for Coningsby, Lincolnshire. And is the nearest spelling I can find to Consby,(when you take local dialect into account, it is a possible fit) in Lincolnshire. There is no mention of a Consby Mace, mace might possibly be a local name for a strip of land, perhaps with water on either side, a similar meaning to the word spit, there appear to be many waterways, dykes and lakes etc.,in the area.

CONINGSBY,, a parish in the soke of HORNCASTLE,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 1 mile (E. N. E.)-
from Tattershall, containing 1651 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £39. 10. 2|., and
in the patronage of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart. The
church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are places of
worship for General Baptists and Primitive and Wesleyan
Methodists. The rivers Bane and Witham, and the
Horncastle canal, pass through this parish : the
Witham is navigable from Lincoln to Boston. An annual
feast is held on the Sunday nearest St. Michael's day.

Further to the above.
The local pronunciation, and spelling, for Coningsby, seems now to be shortened to Conesby, which will undoubtedly be heard, and articulated, as Consby ! and I suspect it was the same in 1823.

Are you asking about the place itself? I have looked on Google, but can't find anything. Perhaps Consby Mace is an abbreviation of a longer name, but from looking at Google maps, I can't see much there. Also remember you can search for Lincolnshire under it's abbreviation of "Lincs" - this may bring up a few more results.

Do you know where his parents or children were born? In the 19th century, families normally stayed in the same area, so it's likely that he was born within 10 miles or so of his parents and children.

There's one or two Conesby's in Lincolnshire (also a Coningsby), but I can't find anything remotely resembling 'Consby Mace'. I have to admit, I'm stumped.

Like Mental Mickey I too am stumped on this one, I used the Gazetteer, and an index of ALL the places in England between 1837 and 1930 but found nothing, but I do have a copy of the Phillimore Parish Record (marriages) index 1-11 which I am just about to have a look at. I will get back to you as soon as I find it if it's there, obviously.
http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/cgi-bin/big_t...
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/...
Congham NFK Freebridge Lynn
Congleton CHS Congleton
Congresbury SOM Axbridge
Coningsby LIN Horncastle
Conington CAM St. Ives
Conington HUN Huntingdon
Conisbrough WRY Doncaster

Would you be willing to post your gggfather's name here? Maybe that will help one of the genealogical wizards here find the right place.