Calceby

Village in Lincolnshire, England

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  • South Thoresby
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  • East Lindsey
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  • Lincolnshire
Region
  • East Midlands
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53°15′32″N 0°04′55″E / 53.259025°N 0.0819°E / 53.259025; 0.0819

Calceby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Thoresby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) west from the market town of Alford. In 1961 the parish had a population of 32.[1] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with South Thoresby.[2] Once much larger, Calceby is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Calesbi". Lord of the Manor in 1086 was Earl Hugh of Chester.[3] By the early seventeenth century, the conversion of agriculture from corn to pasture had begun a process of depopulation of the parish.

In 1638 the vicar said that his meagre income from tithes (£13 16s 6d per annum) could only be increased if the village were to be repopulated.[4] The parish church of St Andrew is now in ruins, the last service to take place there being in 1692.[5] Maurice Beresford included Calceby in his "Lost Villages of England".[6]

Calceby Beck & Spring are the source of the Great Eau, and are part of the local network of Chalk Streams.[7][8]

Calceby Marsh has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) as "an outstanding example of base-rich marsh". The site consists of three areas of marshland, each differing slightly in species composition and surrounded by grassland of value to breeding snipe and lapwing.[9]

Calceby Marsh SSSI is owned by the Diocese of Lincoln[10]

References

  1. ^ "Population statistics Calceby CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Spilsby Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Domesday Book:Calceby". Domesday Maps: University of Hull. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  4. ^ Hill, Christopher (1956). Economic Problems of the Church (1968 ed.). London: Panther. p. 82.
  5. ^ "Lincolnshire Wolds:Calceby". Lincolnshire Wolds. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  6. ^ Hill, ibid: Beresford (1954) p. 57
  7. ^ "Calceby Beck, South Thoresby" (PDF). Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  8. ^ "The Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project". Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Calceby Marsh". English Nature Org. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Hidden Glebe".

External links

  • Media related to Calceby at Wikimedia Commons
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