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Kelby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Kelby, a township and a chapelry in Haydor parish, Lincolnshire, 5½ miles SW by W from Sleaford, and 3 SE from Ancaster station on the G.N.R. Post town, Grantham; money order and telegraph office, Ancaster. Acreage, 1054; population, 84. The manor belongs to the Houblon family. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Haydor, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church, which is a fine building of stone in the Norman, Decorated, and Perpendicular styles, comprises nave and chancel, with tower and spire.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Civil parishHaydor 
Poor Law unionSleaford 
WapentakeAswardhurn 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictNorth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG32
Post TownGrantham

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