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| | GENUKI: Spilsby, LIN |
 | | For the Census, the parish was in the the parish was in the Spilsby sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District. |
 | | The manor of Eresby, or Spilsby, was given by William the Conqueror, to Walter de BEKE (or BEC), a baron. |
 | | A Free Grammar School was supported at Spilsby prior to 1600 (reputedly founded by Edward VI), but it did not have a home until 1611, when the lord of the manor granted an acre of land with the buildings which were converted into the school. |
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