Lusby | |
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![]() St Peter's Church, Lusby | |
Location within
Lincolnshire | |
Population | 147 (2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | TF339678 |
• London | 115 mi (185 km) S |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Spilsby |
Postcode district | PE23 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Lusby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lusby with Winceby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 4 miles (6 km) west from Spilsby, and about 5 miles (8 km) east from Horncastle. In 1961 the parish had a population of 68. [2] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished to form "Lusby with Winceby". [3] [4] Lusby with Winceby had a population (including Hameringham) of 147 at the 2011 census.
In the 1086 Domesday Book, Lusby is listed as "Luzebi", with 26 households, a meadow of 180 acres (0.73 km2), a mill and a church. [5]
The parish church is Grade I- listed and dedicated to St Peter. It is built in greenstone and dates from the 11th century, with 15th-century additions. It was further altered and reduced in 1893 by Ewan Christian, and in the 20th century an porch was added. A late 11th-early 12th-century grave marker is incorporated above the keystone of the blocked south doorway of the nave. [6] [7]
A scion of the parish was the Very Revd Dr Penyston Booth, Dean of Windsor, whose brother served as Rector till 1716.
Lusby CofE School was built as a National School to serve the village as well as nearby Winceby and Asgarby. It closed in 1962. [8]
Lusby | |
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![]() St Peter's Church, Lusby | |
Location within
Lincolnshire | |
Population | 147 (2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | TF339678 |
• London | 115 mi (185 km) S |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Spilsby |
Postcode district | PE23 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Lusby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lusby with Winceby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 4 miles (6 km) west from Spilsby, and about 5 miles (8 km) east from Horncastle. In 1961 the parish had a population of 68. [2] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished to form "Lusby with Winceby". [3] [4] Lusby with Winceby had a population (including Hameringham) of 147 at the 2011 census.
In the 1086 Domesday Book, Lusby is listed as "Luzebi", with 26 households, a meadow of 180 acres (0.73 km2), a mill and a church. [5]
The parish church is Grade I- listed and dedicated to St Peter. It is built in greenstone and dates from the 11th century, with 15th-century additions. It was further altered and reduced in 1893 by Ewan Christian, and in the 20th century an porch was added. A late 11th-early 12th-century grave marker is incorporated above the keystone of the blocked south doorway of the nave. [6] [7]
A scion of the parish was the Very Revd Dr Penyston Booth, Dean of Windsor, whose brother served as Rector till 1716.
Lusby CofE School was built as a National School to serve the village as well as nearby Winceby and Asgarby. It closed in 1962. [8]