Claxby

Not to be confused with Claxby St Andrew

Claxby
Lincolnshire
St Mary's Church, Claxby
Location
Grid reference:	TF112948
Location:	53°26’19"N, 0°19’39"W
Data
Population:	221  (2011)
Post town:	Market Rasen
Postcode:	LN8
Local Government
Council:	West Lindsey
Parliamentary constituency:	Gainsborough

Claxby, or Claxby by Normanby, is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is found about four miles north of the town of Market Rasen and five miles south of Caistor, below the scarp slope of the Lincolnshire Wolds, which climbs steeply at the east side of the village to the nearest neighbouring village, Normanby le Wold.

The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 221.

The parish church, St Mary, is a mediæval edifice built of ironstone. It dates from the 13th century and was restored in 1871 by James Fowler of Louth. On the north side of the chancel is a 13th-century tomb of the founder Brayboeuf. On the south side is a tomb erected in 1605 to John Witherwick (died 1595). There are brasses to Fitzwilliams Armiger (died 1634), Jane Burnaby (died 1653), and Mary Monson (died 1638). The church is a Grade I listed building.

The parish is part of the Walesby Group of Parishes which also comprises Brookenby (St Michael and All Angels); Kirmond le Mire (St Martin); Normanby le Wold (St Peter); North Willingham (St Thomas); Stainton le Vale (St Andrew); Tealby (All Saints); Walesby (St Mary) and Walesby Old Church (All Saints).

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Claxby)

• Information on Claxby  from GENUKI
• Claxby (Market Rasen) Parish Council (on Lincolnshire.gov.uk)