Lusby, Lincolnshire Explained

Official Name:Lusby
Static Image Name:St. Peters, Lusby, Lincolnshire.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Peter's Church, Lusby
Country:England
Region:East Midlands
Os Grid Reference:TF339678
Coordinates:53.1912°N 0.0034°W
Population:147
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Postcode Area:PE
Postcode District:PE23
London Distance Mi:115
London Direction:S

Lusby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lusby with Winceby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 4miles west from Spilsby, and about 5miles east from Horncastle. In 1961 the parish had a population of 68.[2] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished to form "Lusby with Winceby".[3] [4] Lusby with Winceby had a population (including Hameringham) of 147 at the 2011 census.

History

In the 1086 Domesday Book, Lusby is listed as "Luzebi", with 26 households, a meadow of 180acres, a mill and a church.

The parish church is Grade I-listed and dedicated to St Peter. It is built in greenstone and dates from the 11th century, with 15th-century additions. It was further altered and reduced in 1893 by Ewan Christian, and in the 20th century an porch was added. A late 11th-early 12th-century grave marker is incorporated above the keystone of the blocked south doorway of the nave.

A scion of the parish was the Very Revd Dr Penyston Booth, Dean of Windsor, whose brother served as Rector till 1716.

Lusby CofE School was built as a National School to serve the village as well as nearby Winceby and Asgarby. It closed in 1962.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil parish population 2011. 22 August 2015. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: Population statistics Lusby CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 5 September 2023.
  3. Web site: Horncastle Registration District. UKBMD. 5 September 2023.
  4. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/countryside/definitive-map/highway-and-landowner-statements/register-of-landowner-deposits/i-l/lusby-with-winceby/121958.article?size=normal www.lincolnshire.gov.uk
  5. Web site: Lusby CofE School. Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. 11 July 2011.