Claxby St Andrew Explained

Static Image Name:St Andrew's Church, Claxby (by Alford) - geograph.org.uk - 105503.jpg
Static Image Caption:Church of St Andrew, Claxby St Andrew
Official Name:Claxby St Andrew
Country:England
Region:East Midlands
Os Grid Reference:TF450714
Coordinates:53.2202°N 0.1708°W
Postcode Area:LN
Postcode District:LN13
Civil Parish:Claxby St Andrew
London Distance Mi:115
London Direction:S

Claxby St Andrew (sometimes known as Claxby), is a village and civil parish about 3miles south of Alford, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

The parish church, which was dedicated to Saint Andrew, was built in 1846 to replace an earlier thatched structure. It was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in 1990 and sold the same year.[1] It is a Grade II listed building.

Claxby Manor House[1] (also known as Claxby Hall) was built around 1760, reputedly for Samuel Dashwood as the Dower House to Well Hall. It later became the vicarage, and is a Grade II listed building.

What is now known as Claxby Manor House is an entirely different building situated across the valley.

Claxby Chalk Pit, also known as Mill Hill Quarry, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest[2] and nature reserve which lies east of the village.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Claxby by Well (Claxby by Alford or Claxby St. Andrew). Genuki.org.uk. 18 May 2011.
  2. Web site: Claxby Chalk Pit. Protected Planet. 5 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316010014/http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Claxby_Chalk_Pit_Site_Of_Special_Scientific_Interest. 16 March 2012. dead.
  3. Web site: Mill Hill Quarry. Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. 5 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110909051751/http://lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/nr/reserve.php?mapref=33. 9 September 2011. dead.