Candlesby is a village in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spilsby ...

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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. It is part of the

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of Candlesby with Gunby, and situated east from

Spilsby Spilsby is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town is adjacent to the main A16, east of the county town of Lincoln, north-east of Boston and north-west of Skegness. It ...

. Gunby is a hamlet about east from Candlesby.

History

Candleby appears in the ''

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'' as "Calnodesbi", in the Wapentake of Candleshoe. Although wapentakes were abandoned as local government units in the 1890s, the Candleshoe name lives on as the local

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Gunby Hall Gunby Hall is a country house in Gunby, near Spilsby, in Lincolnshire, England, reached by a half mile long private drive. The Estate comprises the 42-room Gunby Hall, listed Grade I, a clocktower, listed Grade II* and a carriage house and st ...

was built around 1700 for Sir William, 3rd Baronet Massingberd, and was the former seat of the Massingberd family. The last in residence was Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd. Today the hall is owned by the

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, and is a Grade I

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. Ancient finds at Candlesby include a crucifix brooch, armour, swords, and a shield, believed to be

Saxon The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic * * * * peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...

Community

The present Candlesby

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is dedicated to

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, and is a Grade II

. It was built by E. D. Rainey of Spilsby, in 1838, replacing an earlier church that had become derelict. Gunby ecclesiastical parish is said to number "27 souls", and is served by St Peter's Church. Rebuilt on medieval foundations in the 1870s the Church is accessible only through the Hall's gardens but it remains the active

of Gunby with a service once a month. A school was built here in 1872, but closed in 1933 with only three children in attendance. The village has several daily bus services associated with school travel, and an hourly service to Lincoln and Skegness. The bus stop is adjacent to the Royal Oak public house.

References

External links

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National Trust - Gunby Hall
{{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District