Kexby, Lincolnshire
| Kexby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Kexby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK871857 |
| Location: | 53°21’44"N, -0°41’19"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 340 (2001) |
| Post town: | Gainsborough |
| Postcode: | DN21 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Kexby is a small village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 340. The village stands at the side of the B1241 road, four miles south-east of Gainsborough and eleven miles north-west of the county town, the City of Lincoln.
History
The earliest records for the village of Kexby can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, in which it is record as Cheftesbi or Chestesbi.[1] These records also highlight that Kexby had 21 households which would have been a relatively large number at this time.[2] This point is backed up by the fact that in 1086, Kexby was the third largest settlement in the Hundred of Well. This was out of the 15 settlements in the area.
There is no church in Kexby; it is served by that in the neighbouring village, Upton. The church register in Upton, which include reports for Kexby, dates back to 1563. However, there is evidence that the Church of All Saints dates back much further, with parts of the chancel walls believed to date back to before the Norman Conquest of 1066.[3]
In the 1870s, the village of Kexby was described as:
"a township in Upton parish, Lincoln; 3 miles N of Marton r. station, and 5 SE of Gainsborough. Acres, 1, 540. Real property, £2, 215. Pop., 272. Houses, 61. The manor belongs to W. Hutton, Esq. There are chapels for Primitive Methodists and U. Free Methodists."[4]
About the village
Kexby contains a gun shop, a 4-star Bed and Breakfast business and a picture framing business.
The River Trent passes about two and a half miles to the west of Kexby on its way to the Humber Estuary.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "The Domesday Book". The National Archives. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7314676. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ Kexby, Lincolnshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Upton All Saints Church". Lincolnshire County Council. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/VenueDetails.aspx?venuecode=23343. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870–1872). Gazetteer of England and Wales (1st ed.). Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12694. Retrieved 5 February 2014.