Claxby by Normanby

Claxby
St Mary's Church, Claxby
Claxby Claxby shown within Lincolnshire
Population	221 (2011)
OS grid reference	TF112948
– London	135 mi (217 km) S
Civil parish	Ckaxby
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Rasen
Postcode district	LN8
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°26′19″N 0°19′39″W / 53.438705°N 0.327438°W / 53.438705; -0.327438

Claxby by Normanby, or Claxby, is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 221.^[1] It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) north from the town of Market Rasen and 5 miles (8 km) south from the town of Caistor.

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is a Grade I listed building, built of ironstone, dating from the 13th century and restored in 1871 by James Fowler of Louth. On the north side of the chancel is a 13th-century tomb of the founder Brayboeuf. On the south side is a tomb erected in 1605 to John Witherwick (died 1595). There are brasses to Fitzwilliams Armiger (died 1634), Jane Burnaby (died 1653), and Mary Monson (died 1638).^[2]

St Mary's church is part of the Walesby Group of Parishes which also comprises Brookenby (St Michael and All Angels); Kirmond le Mire (St Martin); Normanby le Wold (St Peter); North Willingham (St Thomas); Stainton le Vale (St Andrew); Tealby (All Saints); Walesby (St Mary) and Walesby Old Church (All Saints).^[3]

Claxby has as Parish Council consisting of seven Councillors and a Clerk which meets four times per year and maintains its own web site.^[4]

References

↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
↑ "Church of St Mary", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 30 June 2012
↑ "Claxby". Walesby Group of Parishes. Our Church Web. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
↑ Claxby (Market Rasen) Parish Council, Lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2013

External links

Media related to Claxby at Wikimedia Commons
"Claxby", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2012

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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