| Static Image Name: | Pine trees against a stormy sky, Salmonby - geograph.org.uk - 44613.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Salmonby |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Salmonby |
| Coordinates: | 53.2415°N -0.0149°W |
| Civil Parish: | Tetford |
| Shire District: | East Lindsey |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
| Post Town: | Horncastle |
| Postcode District: | LN9 |
| Postcode Area: | LN |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF325734 |
| London Distance Mi: | 120 |
| London Direction: | S |
Salmonby is a village in the civil parish of Tetford, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5.5miles north-east from Horncastle, 10miles south from Louth and 8miles north-west from Spilsby. Salmonby lies within the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Tetford lies to the north-east and Somersby to the south.[1]
The parish covers about 1000acres, and contains a chalybeate spring, whose waters eventually join the Steeping River near Spilsby.
An upper palaeolithic core (a piece of flint which has been repeatedly used to flake material in order to make flint tools) was found near Salmonby. The core was in good condition and has been dated at 50,000 - 10,000 years old. The area was a source of blue phosphate of iron and a great deal of iron oxide ore.
Salmonby church, dedicated to St Margaret, was a Medieval construction, largely re-built in1871. It was closed and deconsecrated in 1973, sadly demolished in 1978, with only a small wooden gate leading to the Churchyard, and a few photographs, remaining:[2] [3]
In 1971 the civil parish had a population of 58.[4] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Tetford.[5]
The village has a public house, the Cross Keys Inn & Restaurant, fishing lakes, cottages and a Caravan Club CL site. There is a picnic area at a nearby sandstone cliff wall; the wall has carved reliefs of unknown origin or age.[6]
Tetford and Salmonby hold an annual weekend Scarecrow Festival. Villagers build scarecrows modelled on TV and film personalities, historic and contemporary figures and fictional icons, and display them outside their houses each year during May. A Scarecrow Trail is just over 1miles away. The event raises funds for Tetford church and local charities.[7]