Old Somerby
| Old Somerby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Old Somerby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK959334 |
| Location: | 52°53’23"N, -0°34’30"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 224 (2011) |
| Post town: | Grantham |
| Postcode: | NG33 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Grantham and Stamford |
Old Somerby (pronounced Summerby) is a village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire, three miles south-east of Grantham. It is on the B1176 road about a mile east of its junction with the A52 and B6403, and close by the East Coast Main Line. Adjacent villages are Ropsley and Boothby Pagnell.
The village divides into Old Somerby, High Somerby and Low Somerby. The parish population at the 2011 census was 224.
The village pub is the Fox and Hounds on Grantham Road.
Church
The parish church , St Mary Magdalene, stands in High Somerby.[1] (The church in nearby Bitchfield has the same dedication.)
The church was built in the 12th to 15th centuries. It underwent alterations and additions in the 18th century and in 1876. It is Grade II* listed building.[2]
The parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of Beltisloe Deanery in the Diocese of Lincoln.
History and heritage
Somerby bears a Danish name, meaning possibly 'Summer village'. It is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086,[3] which records that the King's tenant-in-chief was Walter of Aincourt.
The population of the 51 houses of the village in 1870–1872 was given as 234.[4]
The Old Rectory in School Lane is Grade II listed. It dates from about 1700, with alterations and additions in the late 18th, the 19th and the 20th centuries.[5] The other Grade II listed buildings in the village are a barn at the Manor House, the Manor House itself, the stable block at Cold Harbour Farm, and the Old Farm House.
Nearby the church, there is the site of a moated manor house.[6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Old Somerby) |
- "St Mary Magdalene, Old Somerby", Achurchnearyou.com
References
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 325695 – Church of St Mary Magdalene
- ↑ National Heritage List 1261872: Church of St Mary Magdalene, Old Somerby (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Somerby Old Somerby in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Old Somerby on Vision of Britain
- ↑ National Heritage List 1253283The Old Rectory: Old Rectory Old Somerby (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 325692 – Manor Farm