Bulby
| Bulby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Road through Bulby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF053261 |
| Location: | 52°49’20"N, 0°26’17"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bourne |
| Postcode: | PE10 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Grantham and Stamford |
Bulby is a hamlet in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire, a mile and a half east of Irnham, in which parish it grew up, and the same distance west of Kirkby Underwood. Bulby is to the west of the A15, east of the A1, and approximately four miles north-west of the nearest town, Bourne.
In 1872 the two hamlets of Bulby and Hawthorpe were grouped as Bulby-cum-Hawthorpe forming the eastern side of Irnham parish, being a joint township with a population of 180 in 1,767 acres "of fertile land". AN estate of about 1,000 acres in the townships was purchased by Rev. William Watson Smith in about 1840, and he built on it the Elizabethan-style Bulby House and grounds. By 1872, Bulby House and 1,100 acres were owned by Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster (Lord Aveland), who was lord of the manor. A moated area evident at the time was said to be the site of Bulby Hall which is "supposed to have been burnt down in the Barons' wars".[1]
Bulby has close associations with farming, has a number of surrounding farms, and a plant nursery.
The River East Glen passes close to the west of the hamlet.
There is evidence of a previous Bulby Hall, and two Mediæval settlements: Little Bulby and East Bulby.[2]
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References
- ↑ White, William (1872), Whites Directory of Lincolnshire, p.597
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 348414 – Bulby Hall