Saleby

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Saleby
Lincolnshire

Parish church of St Margaret
Location
Grid reference: TF458786
Location: 53°17’6"N, -0°11’13"E
Data
Post town: Alford
Postcode: LN13
Local Government
Council: East Lindsey
Parliamentary
constituency:
Louth and Horncastle

Saleby is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is on the Alford road to Louth, about two miles north-east of Alford and eleven miles south-east of Louth. The hamlet of Thoresthorpe is about a mile south of the village.

The Domesday Book records "Saleby", with lord of the manor as Guy de Craon.[1]

Church

The parish church, St Margaret was rebuilt in 1850 buff brick to the designs of Stephen Lewin, and was further restored in 1958. St Margaret's is a Grade II listed building.[2]

In the chancel is a recess containing a full length effigy of a knight in chain mail and surcoat, a memorial to Sir William de Hardreshull who died in 1303.[3]

In the chancel floor is a brass with the inscription: "to John Haryinton of Wickham, in the county of Lincoln, who built this chapel, 1592, being lord and patron of Salebie and lieth in st Sepulchres church, London and died 12th May 1599".[3] At the east end of the chancel is the datestone of the old chapel bearing the Haryinton Arms and dated 1591.[3]

The base and shaft of a stone churchyard cross are found in the churchyard.[4]

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Saleby)

References

  1. Saleby in the Domesday Book
  2. National Heritage List 1063011: Church of St Margaret (Grade II listing)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 St Margaret's Church, Saleby: Lincs to the Past
  4. National Monuments Record: No. 355439 – Mediæval cross 1300 - 1399