Clixby

Coordinates: 53°31′25″N 0°20′17″W / 53.52360800°N 0.33819035°W / 53.52360800; -0.33819035

Clixby
All Hallows church, Clixby
Clixby  Clixby shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TA102042
Parish	Grasby
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Rasen
Postcode district	LN7
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Clixby is a small village located about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the town of Caistor, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Originally a township of Caistor, it was briefly a civil parish but since 1932 forms part of the civil parish of Grasby.^[1]

Clixby was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086, when the Lord of the Manor was King William I.^[2] At the beginning of the 18th century Clixby was the seat of Sir John Fitzwilliam.^[3]

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.^[1][4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "GENUKI". Clixby. GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Clixby/. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Domesday Map". Clixby. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA1004/clixby/. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
3. ^ "Lincs to the Past". Clixby Manor. Lincolnshire Archives. http://www.lincstothepast.com/CLIXBY-MANOR--GRASBY/229997.record?pt=S. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
4. ^ "British Listed Buildings". All Hallows, Clixby. English Heritage. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-196646-church-of-all-hallows-grasby. Retrieved 16 June 2011.