Grasby
| Grasby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Grasby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA088049 |
| Location: | 53°31’48"N, 0°21’32"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 480 (2011) |
| Post town: | Barnetby |
| Postcode: | DN38 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Grasby is a small village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish (including Clixby) taken at the 2011 census was 480.
The village is three miles north-west of the town of Caistor, in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1]
Grasby's 13th-century parish church, dedicated to All Saints', stands opposite the village primary school. The church is part of the Caistor group of parishes in the Deanery of West Wold.[2] The Rev Charles Tennyson Turner, brother of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, was Vicar here in his time.[3]
The village school came close to closing at the end of the 20th century, but remains open.[3] It is now Grasby All Saints Church of England Primary School.
Society
The village hall holds events such as Rock and Roll and Jive classes, runs a Learn Direct programme, and is used by the village school for physical education lessons and a yearly Easter ceremony.[1]
Grasby has one public house, The Cross Keys,[3] on the Caistor to Brigg road, that for a time held a village shop. A second public house, The Bluebell, on the corner of Church Hill and Canty Nook, is now closed.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grasby Parish Council
- ↑ "All Saint's Church, Grasby". http://lincoln.ourchurchweb.org.uk/caistor/about-us/page2/., Ourchurchweb.org.uk
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Grasby wins the Calor Lincolnshire Village of the Year competition". Market Rasen Mail. 12 September 2005. http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/lifestyle/leisure/grasby-wins-the-calor-lincolnshire-village-of-the-year-competition-1-1172151. Retrieved 3 March 2013.