Orby
| Orby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Orby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF491673 |
| Location: | 53°10’56"N, 0°13’52"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 353 (2011) |
| Post town: | Skegness |
| Postcode: | PE24 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Orby is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, found five miles west of the nearest town, the seaside resort of Skegness, and about nine miles east of Spilsby. The wider civil parish includes the hamlet of Habertoft, a mile and a half to the north-west.
Orby sits within the Lincolnshire coast marshes.
History and heritage
The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Heresbi", and in 1115 it was recorded as "Orreby". However, this unusual citation does not relate to any described settlement within the parish itself, but is used instead, as a reference point to help locate lands held by the Bishop of Durham in neighbouring Addlethorpe.[1]
The parish church, All Saints, dates from the 13th century with later alterations and additions, and the chancel was rebuilt in 1888.The church is a Grade II* listed building [2]
Manor House Farm is a Grade II listed farmhouse dating from 1660, of red brick, which replaced an earlier mediæval moated manor, the site of which is an ancient scheduled monument.[3][4][5]
Orby County Primary School was originally built in 1837 as a National School. It was rebuilt in 1874 but closed only three years later. In 1878 it was reopened as the Orby Board School, after the formation of the Orby School Board that year. The School Boards were abolished in 1903, and the school underwent name changes before becoming Orby County Primary School in 1963. It closed on 22 July 1981.[6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Orby) |
References
- ↑ Settlement of Orby: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ National Heritage List : Church of All Saints, Orby (Grade II* listing) @British Listed Buildings
- ↑ National Heritage List : Manor Farmhouse, Orby (Grade II listing) @Listed Buildings
- ↑ National Heritage List 1016045: Manor Farm Moated Site (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 355269 – Orby
- ↑ Orby County Primary School: Lincs to the Past
