Clixby Explained

Static Image Name:All Hallows, Clixby - geograph.org.uk - 429150.jpg
Static Image Caption:Church of All Hallows, Clixby
Country:England
Official Name:Clixby
Coordinates:53.5236°N -0.3382°W
Shire District:West Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Gainsborough
Post Town:Market Rasen
Postcode District:LN7
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TA102042
London Distance Mi:140
London Direction:S

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 2miles 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]

See 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population statistics Clixby Ch/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 3 September 2023.
  2. Web site: History of Clixby, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire. A Vision of Britain through Time. 3 September 2023.
  3. Web site: Relationships and changes Clixby Ch/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 3 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Clixby. Genuki.org.uk. 16 June 2011.
  5. Web site: Clixby. Domesdaymap.co.uk. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. 16 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313083653/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA1004/clixby/. 13 March 2012. dead.
  6. Web site: Clixby Maonor, Grasby. Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. 16 June 2011.