Normanby le Wold
Normanby le Wold | |
Lincolnshire | |
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St Peter's church, Normanby le Wold | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | TF122951 |
Location: | 53°26’28"N, 0°18’40"W |
Data | |
Post town: | Market Rasen |
Postcode: | LN7 |
Local Government | |
Council: | West Lindsey |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Normanby le Wold is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. As its name suggests, the village is in the beauteous Lincolnshire Wolds. It is found about five miles south of the nearest town, Caistor, and seventeen miles north-east of the county town, the City of Lincoln.[1] Close by, and sharing a civil parish, is Claxby by Normanby.
Lincolnshire's county top is here; known as Normanby Top, the highest point it marked by a trig pillar at a field boundary, at 551 feet above sea level. The wider area is known as Wolds Top.
History
The village had 37 households at the time of Domesday Book of 1086.[2]
Parish church
The parish church, St Peter, is built of ironstone, and dates from the early 13th century and the 14th century. It was restored in 1868 by James Fowler. The church is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
Both the vestry and chancel are 19th-century, and the font is 14th-century on a 19th-century base. In the south aisle there is a 16th-century gravestone, seen through a large quatrefoil.
St Peters church is part of the Walesby Group of Parishes which comprises, Brookenby (St Michael and All Angels), Claxby by Normanby (St Mary), Kirmond le Mire (St Martin), North Willingham (St Thomas), Stainton le Vale (St Andrew), Tealby (All Saints), Walesby (St Mary and All Saints).[4]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Normanby le Wold on Vision of Britain
- ↑ le Wold Normanby le Wold in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Heritage List 1359768: St Peters, Normanby le Wold (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Walesby Group of Parishes: St Peter Normanby le Wold