Blyborough is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the
West Lindsey
West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Gainsborough.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural Dis ...
district of
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 115. It lies on the
B1398 road
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, east from
Gainsborough Gainsborough or Gainsboro may refer to:
Places
* Gainsborough, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
** Gainsborough Ward, Ipswich
* Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, a town in England
** Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
* Gainsborough, New South Wales, ...
, north from
Lincoln
Lincoln most commonly refers to:
* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincol ...
and south from
Kirton Lindsey
Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a market town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is south-east from Scunthorpe.
History
Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII lived at Kirton-in-Lindsey af ...
.
Blyborough's
Grade I
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listed
Anglican
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parish church is dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon saint and martyr,
Alkmund of Derby
Alkmund of Derby (or of Lilleshall), also spelt Ealhmund, Alhmund, Alcmund, or Alchmund (d. c. 800) was a son of Alhred of Northumbria, who was caught up in the kingdom's dynastic struggles.
History
After more than twenty years in exile among ...
. Built in the early 13th century, it was partially rebuilt in 1877 by
James Fowler.
Two Grade II listed village buildings are Blyborough Grange Farmhouse and Blyborough Hall.
The hall was built in the early 18th century and was for many generations the home of the Luard family, who acquired their wealth through
sugar plantation
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s in the
West Indies
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.
References
External links
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"Blyborough" Genuki GENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust. It "provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland". It gives access to a large collection of information, with the emphas ...
.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2011
Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
Grade I listed buildings in Lincolnshire
West Lindsey District
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