Carlby
| Carlby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Carlby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF050140 |
| Location: | 52°42’49"N, 0°26’46"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Kesteven |
Carlby is a small village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire. The village is in Kesteven's Ness Wapentake, four miles south of Bourne on the A6121 near the border of Rutland, which for a mile or so here is marked by the River West Glen. Less than a mile to the south, in Rutland, is a similarly sized village, Essendine.
The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 542.
Church
The parish church, St Stephen,[1] The current building dates from 1134.[1][2]
The ecclesiastical parish is a cross-border one, named Ryhall with Essendine and Carlby, part of the Rutland Deanery of the Diocese of Peterborough.[3]
Society and leisure
The village has a playing field and a children's recreational area.
In 1986 the villagers replaced the wooden village hall with a brick structure.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 White, William (1882). History, gazetteer, and directory, of Lincolnshire, and the city & diocese of Lincoln (4 ed.). p. 232.
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 348324 – Church of St Stephen
- ↑ Find a Church: Carlby: Diocese of Peterborough