Calceby
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.
Calceby | |
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Ruins of St Andrew's Church, Calceby | |
Calceby brook and spring. The source of the Great Eau | |
Calceby Location within Lincolnshire | |
OS grid reference | TF389755 |
• London | 120 mi (190 km) S |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Alford |
Postcode district | LN13 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
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
- "Population statistics Calceby CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- "Spilsby Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- "Domesday Book:Calceby". Domesday Maps: University of Hull. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- Hill, Christopher (1956). Economic Problems of the Church (1968 ed.). London: Panther. p. 82.
- "Lincolnshire Wolds:Calceby". Lincolnshire Wolds. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- Hill, ibid: Beresford (1954) p. 57
- "Calceby Beck, South Thoresby" (PDF). Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- "The Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project". Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- "Calceby Marsh". English Nature Org. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- "Hidden Glebe".
External links
- Media related to Calceby at Wikimedia Commons