Grasby
| Grasby | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Grasby | |
  Grasby Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 480 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TA088049 |
| • London | 140 mi (230 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BARNETBY |
| Postcode district | DN38 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] The 2013 incumbent is The Rev'd Canon Ian Robinson.[4] In earlier times the vicar was Rev Charles Tennyson Turner, brother of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.[5]
The village school came close to closing at the end of the 20th century but remains open.[5] 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.[6]
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.[2]
Grasby has one public house, The Cross Keys,[5] 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,[5][7] whose main road has been renamed Rue de Grasby.[8]
In 2005 Grasby won the Central England Village of the Year competition.[2][5]
References
- ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Parish council web pages". Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "All Saint's Church, Grasby"., Ourchurchweb.org.uk
- ^ "Grasby P C C". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014., Diocese of Lincoln
- ^ a b c d e "Grasby wins the Calor Lincolnshire Village of the Year competition". Market Rasen Mail. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "The Grasby All Saints Church of England Primary School", Ofsted School inspection report, 2013
- ^ "Grasby's French connection just keeps on growing". Grimsby Telegraph. 12 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "72140 Rue de Grasby, Saint-Rémy-de-Sillé, France". Google Maps. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
External links
Media related to Grasby at Wikimedia Commons- Grasby, Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2011
- "Grasby All Saints Church of England Primary School", Grasbyallsaints.lincs.sch.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2013
