Bassingham, Lincolnshire, on old postcards and photographs
For Sale
On occasion, when buying postcards or some such other items, I end up buying whole lots, many of which are not pertinent to my collection. Some of these are views of surrounding areas and I have decided to offer these up for sale here in case they mean something to visitors to this website. Who knows? One postcard might show one of your ancestor’s dwellings!
I shall endeavour to provide as much detail as I can with regard to age and/or historical facts.
Condition is as per my scans.
Each is individually priced (excluding postage if required) although there could be some wiggle room when buying more than one item. (Note: any pencil-written prices on postcards are those of dealers from whom I bought the cards and not my own prices.)
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Aubourn
AUBOURN. Posted from Bassingham on 10th? Aug, year unknown but going by the stamp, probably 1913-24. Possible local interest as a Battersby is mentioned. “Dear Emma. It is very hot this afternoon. And they have been carring hay. In the yard there is ever such a large hay stack. Tell mother I have been down Uncle Walters every night this week. Mollie. xxxxxx”. CPC postcard – Cotswold Publishing Co. Ltd. were active 1909 to 1952 before becoming the Cotswold Collotype Co.; this might help to date the postcard. £10AUBOURN CHURCH. No clues as to date, no publisher details either. £10
Eagle
EAGLE CHURCH. No clues as to a date but this is a CPC postcard – Cotswold Publishing Co. Ltd. were active 1909 to 1952 before becoming the Cotswold Collotype Co.; this might help to date the postcard. £10EAGLE VILLAGE & POST OFFICE. Indeterminate age/date. Another CPC postcard – Cotswold Publishing Co. Ltd. were active 1909 to 1952 before becoming the Cotswold Collotype Co.; this might help to date the postcard. £10EAGLE. Privately commissioned postcard. Dated 21st Aug 1925. Text to rear probably written by a collector. “South end of village, cottage on left recognisable, fence replaced. Pantiled roof and gate pier on right recognisable. Older bldgs. further back mainly replaced.” £10EAGLE CHURCH interior. Undated postcard with no clues as to age other than that it is an old mercury printed card. £3
Thorpe-on-the-Hill
THORPE-ON-THE-HILL. Undated and probably privately commissioned postcard. No clues as to date or location, but the house might well be recognisable to locals – unless, of course, it has since been demolished. £10
Spilsby
‘HIGH FARM’. Almost certainly a privately commissioned postcard, undated but probably c1910-20. I have identified this building as ‘High Farm’ which is just to the east of Spilsby on the 1887 Ordnance Survey map, and NOT Bassingham as a postcard dealer’s pencil writing suggests. Ink text to the rear mentions Maltby and Winn families (Winns were in Bassingham for decades): “The Maltbys farmed here for many years. Christopher Maltby was Grandmother Winn’s brother.” I have researched the families mentioned… Working backwards from a Winn + Maltby marriage (there seems to be only one: Henry Winn (born Fulletby, Lincs.) married Maria Maltby (born Belchford, Lincs.), Jun Q 1840, Horncastle, Lincs). Maria Maltby was baptised 17th Jan 1820, daughter of James and Ann Maltby, in Belchford, Lincs. Those same parents – James & Ann Maltby – produced a son, Christopher, baptised 26th March 1826, in Belchford, Lincs. Christopher Maltby married Olive Brothwell (born Bardney, Lincs.) in Spilsby, Lincs. Jun Q 1852. Christopher Maltby is listed in the 1861 Post Office Directory as a farmer in Spilsby, Lincs. The Maltbys were in Old Bolingbroke, Lincs. in the 1861 census and they were still there in 1871 (no birth town for Christopher) and again in 1881. 63-years-old Christopher Maltby’s death was registered at Spilsby in the June Quarter of 1889 In the 1891 census Olive was widowed (obviously!) and living with her children and sister Alice Brothwell in Spilsby Road, Bolingbroke, Lincs. In 1901 she was visiting in Wainfleet, Lindsey, Lincs. £101887 OS map showing ‘High Farm’ to the east of Spilsby.
Bassingham Back Then... 