Dunsby

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Dunsby
Lincolnshire
All Saints' church, Dunsby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 90714.jpg
Church of All Saints, Dunsby
Location
Grid reference: TF105268
Location: 52°49’40"N, 0°21’39"W
Data
Population: 122  (2011)
Post town: Bourne
Postcode: PE10
Local Government
Council: South Kesteven
Parliamentary
constituency:
Grantham and Stamford

Dunsby is a small village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire, four miles north of Bourne, just east off the A15, and on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens. The 2011 census recorded a population of 122.

The parish church, All Saints, is built of ironstone and limestone, it dates from the 12th century, and was restored in 1857. The church is a Grade I listed building.[1]

A mediæval village cross stands at a road junction in the village, and consists of the base and eight inches of shaft. It is a scheduled ancient monument.[2][3]

Dunsby is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Dunesbe.[4]

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References

  1. National Heritage List 1165123: All Saints' Church, Dunsby (Grade I listing)
  2. National Heritage List 1009201: Village Cross, Dunsby (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
  3. National Monuments Record: No. 350589 – Village Cross, Dunsby
  4. Domesday Book