Static Image Name: | The Church of St Lawrence and Bishop Edward King, Dalby - geograph.org.uk - 776262.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Church of St Lawrence and Bishop Edward King, Dalby |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Dalby |
Coordinates: | 53.2099°N 0.1049°W |
Population Ref: | (2001) |
Shire District: | East Lindsey |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
Post Town: | Spilsby |
Postcode District: | PE23 |
Postcode Area: | PE |
Os Grid Reference: | TF406701 |
London Distance Mi: | 115 |
London Direction: | S |
Dalby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 3miles north from the town of Spilsby. It is in the civil parish of Sausthorpe.
Dalby church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and Bishop Edward King, and is a Grade II listed building built in 1862 by James Fowler of Louth to replace an earlier church. The font dates from the 14th century.[1]
Dalby Hall is a Grade II listed house dating from the 18th century. The original Dalby Hall was destroyed by fire in 1841 and thepresent Hall was rebuilt nearby in 1856, also by James Fowler.[2]
The hamlet of Dexthorpe is considered a deserted medieval village (DMV), first mentioned in 1086, and again in 1334. By 1577 there was just a pasture of two acres, a church, and a parsonage.[3] [4]