Carlby

Carlby is a small village and civil parish[1] in the district of South Kesteven in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 542.[2]

Signpost in Carlby

It is located four miles south of Bourne on the A6121 near the Lincolnshire/Rutland boundary, which is partly the River West Glen.

The ecclesiastical parish is Ryhall with Essendine and Carlby, part of the Rutland Deanery of the Diocese of Peterborough.[3] The vicar is the Rev Jo Saunders.[4]

The parish church is dedicated to St. Stephen.[5] The current building dates from 1134.[5][6]

The village has a playing field and a children's recreational area. In 1986 the villagers replaced the wooden village hall with a brick structure.

References
  1. "Civil Parish details".
  2. "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. Deanery list Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Ecclesiastical Parish details". Archived from the original on 2009-09-30.
  5. White, William (1882). History, gazetteer, and directory, of Lincolnshire, and the city & diocese of Lincoln (4 ed.). p. 232.
  6. "National Monument Record for the church". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15.

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