Clixby

Clixby
Church of All Hallows, Clixby
Clixby Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TA102042
• London	140 mi (230 km) S
Civil parish	Grasby
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Rasen
Postcode district	LN7
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough

Clixby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grasby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) north from the town of Caistor, and lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In 1931 the parish had a population of 39.[1]

Clixby was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Caistor,[2] in 1866 Clixby became a civil parish, on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Bishop Norton.[3][4]

Clixby is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, with Lord of the Manor as King William I.[5] At the beginning of the 18th century Clixby was the seat of Sir John Fitzwilliam.[6]

Main article: All Hallows Church, Clixby

The parish church was dedicated to All Hallows and dates from the 13th century with a 19th-century restoration by Hodgson Fowler. It was declared redundant in 1973.[7]

References

1. "Population statistics Clixby Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
2. "History of Clixby, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
3. "Relationships and changes Clixby Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
4. "Clixby". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
5. "Clixby". Domesdaymap.co.uk. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
6. "Clixby Maonor, Grasby". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
7. Historic England. "Church of All Hallows (1359798)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

External links

• Media related to Clixby at Wikimedia Commons