Clixby

Clixby
Church of All Hallows, Clixby
Clixby is located in Lincolnshire
Clixby
Clixby
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTA102042
• London140 mi (230 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarket Rasen
Postcode districtLN7
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
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Lincolnshire
53°31′25″N 0°20′17″W / 53.523608°N 0.338190°W / 53.523608; -0.338190

Clixby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grasby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) north from the town of Caistor, and lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In 1931 the parish had a population of 39.[1]

Clixby was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Caistor,[2] in 1866 Clixby became a civil parish, on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Bishop Norton.[3][4]

Clixby is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, with Lord of the Manor as King William I.[5] At the beginning of the 18th century Clixby was the seat of Sir John Fitzwilliam.[6]

Main article: All Hallows Church, Clixby

The parish church was dedicated to All Hallows and dates from the 13th century with a 19th-century restoration by Hodgson Fowler. It was declared redundant in 1973.[7]

  1. ^ "Population statistics Clixby Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "History of Clixby, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Clixby Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Clixby". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Clixby". Domesdaymap.co.uk. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Clixby Maonor, Grasby". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Church of All Hallows (1359798)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 July 2013.