Searby, Lincolnshire

Searby is a village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east from Brigg and 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east from Caistor. The village is in the civil parish of Searby cum Owmby, between the villages of Somerby and Grasby, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south is the parish hamlet of Owmby. Searby is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Seurebi", in the Lindsey Hundred, and the Wapentake of Yarborough. It comprised 23 households, 4 villagers, 2 smallholders and 15 freemen, with 5 ploughlands, a meadow of 80 acres (0.32 km2), a mill, and a church. In 1066 the Lord of the Manor was Rolf son of Skjaldvor. After 1086 Lordship transferred to Durand Malet, who also became Tenant-in-chief. Saint Nicholas church is a Grade II listed building. It was rebuilt in 1832, although the base of the tower is of stone and could be medieval. In 1872 White's Directory stated that the parish church was "of white brick, with stone dressings, in the Gothic style... with a tower containing five bells and a clock. The latter and two of the bells are the gift of the vicar." New "open oak benches" costing £60, and carved with emblems of the twelve apostles and the twelve tribes of Israel, were added to the church in 1858. The church at the time seated 100. The Dean and Chapter of Lincoln were the appropriators of the rectory and patrons of the living (incumbency). A vicarage was built in 1847 for £800. The parish National School was built in 1855 for £170 on the site of the previous vicarage; it was attended by 80 children. Professions and traders resident at Searby in 1872 were the parish vicar, a schoolmistress, the curate of [All Saints' Church] Grasby (1 mile to the southeast), a tailor, a bricklayer, a wheelwright, a blacksmith, a cow keeper, and three farmers. The deserted medieval village of Audewelle was reputedly in the vicinity.

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Searby cum Owmby

Searby cum Owmby is a civil parish situated to the north of the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The only parish settlements are Searby village and Owmby hamlet, separated by 1,000 yards (900 m), and approximately 4 miles (6 km) east from Brigg and 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east from Caistor. The A1084 Brigg to Caistor road runs through the centre of the parish. In 1872 White's Directory reported that Searby-with-Owmby was a parish containing the small village of Searby and the adjacent hamlet of Owmby. Searby-with-Owmby had a population of 261 within a parish of 1,860 acres (8 km2). The lady of the manor of Searby was a Mrs Dixon of Holton le Moor, she owning "a great part" of parish land. Smallholders and freeholders held other parish land from Mrs Dixon, who had leased that land from the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, the appropriators of the rectory and patrons of the living (incumbency). There were 61 acres (0.25 km2) of glebe land—an area of land used to support a parish priest—and a tithe-rent. The earlier tithes—tax income from parishioners derived from their profit on sales, or extraction of produce and animals, typically to the tenth part— had been commuted under the 1836 Tithe Commutation Act. A vicarage was built in 1847 for £800. The parish church of St Nicholas (rebuilt in 1832) was described as "of white brick, with stone dressings, in the Gothic style... with a tower containing five bells and a clock. The latter and two of the bells are the gift of the vicar." New "open oak benches" costing £60, and carved with emblems of the twelve apostles and the twelve tribes of Israel, were added to the church in 1858. The church at the time seated 100. The parish school was built in 1855 for £170, and on the site of the previous vicarage; it was attended by 80 children. Professions and traders resident at Searby in 1872 were the parish vicar, a schoolmistress, the curate of [All Saints' Church] Grasby (1 mile to the southeast), a tailor, a bricklayer, a wheelwright, a blacksmith, a cow keeper, and three farmers. Listed at Owmby in 1872 were five farmers, one of whom was also a land & estate agent.

Owmby

Owmby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Searby cum Owmby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south from the A1084 road, 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Caistor, 4 miles (6 km) south-east from Brigg, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish village of Searby is less than 1 mile to the north-east.

Somerby (Juxta Bigby)

Somerby (also known as Somerby juxta Bigby or Somerby by Brigg) is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) east from the town of Brigg and in the ecclesiastical parish of Somerby. Somerby lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, between the villages of Bigby and Searby.

Grasby

Grasby is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Clixby) taken at the 2011 census was 480. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) north-west of the town of Caistor and lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Grasby's 13th-century Anglican parish church, dedicated to All Saints, is opposite the village primary school. The church is part of the Caistor group of parishes in the Deanery of West Wold. The 2013 incumbent is The Rev'd Canon Ian Robinson. In earlier times the vicar was Rev Charles Tennyson Turner, brother of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. The village school came close to closing at the end of the 20th century but remains open. It is now Grasby All Saints Church of England Primary School, and grant maintained. The school received a Grade 2 (Good) judgement for "Overall effectiveness" in its 2013 Ofsted report. The village hall holds events such as Rock and Roll and Jive classes, runs a Learn Direct programme and is used by the village school for physical education lessons and a yearly Easter ceremony. Grasby has one public house, The Cross Keys, on the Caistor to Brigg road, which for a time housed a village shop. A second public house, The Bluebell, on the corner of Church Hill and Canty Nook, is now closed. Since 1987 Grasby has been twinned with the small French village of Saint-Rémy-de-Sillé in Sarthe, whose main road has been renamed Rue de Grasby. In 2005 Grasby won the Central England Village of the Year competition.