Ketsby

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Ketsby
Lincolnshire

Ketsby
Location
Grid reference: TF368765
Location: 53°16’7"N, -0°3’5"E
Data
Post town: Louth
Postcode: LN11
Local Government
Council: East Lindsey
Parliamentary
constituency:
Louth and Horncastle

Ketsby is a hamlet in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, and is to be found five miles west of Alford.

The Greenwich Meridian line passes through the hamlet.

History and heritage

Ketsby is listed in the Domesday Book account with 18 households, a meadow of 60 acres and a mill.[1]

An early mediæval cresset lamp, with a maltese cross carved on the base, was found at Ketsby and is now in Lincoln City and County Museum.[2]

Ketsby water mill and mill house are built in yellow brick, date from 1864, and are Grade II listed buildings. The mill is no longer in operation.[3][4]

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Ketsby)

References

  1. Ketsby in the Domesday Book
  2. National Monuments Record: No. 893248 – Cresset Lamp, Ketsby
  3. National Heritage List 1168628: Ketsby Water Mill (Grade II listing)
  4. National Heritage List 1359698: Ketsby Mill House (Grade II listing)