Clixby

Clixby

Clixby

Village in Lincolnshire, England


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]

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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]

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.
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