Clixby

Clixby
Church of All Hallows, Clixby
Clixby Clixby shown 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
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°31′25″N 0°20′17″W / 53.523608°N 0.338190°W / 53.523608; -0.338190

Clixby is a small village 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.

Originally a township of Caistor, it was briefly a civil parish but since 1932 forms part of the civil parish of Grasby (where the population is included).^[1]

Clixby is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, with Lord of the Manor as King William I.^[2] At the beginning of the 18th century Clixby was the seat of Sir John Fitzwilliam.^[3]

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.^[4]

References

↑ "Clixby". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
↑ "Clixby". Domesdaymap.co.uk. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
↑ "Clixby Maonor, Grasby". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
↑ 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

Ceremonial county of Lincolnshire

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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