Hundleby is a village and
civil parish 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 ...
district of
Lincolnshire, England. The village is a
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
of the
market town of
Spilsby.
Hundleby is listed in the
Domesday Book of 1086 as "Hundelbi", with
Ivo Tallboys (Ivo Tallebois) as
Lord of the Manor. This was long an agricultural area, a centre for
sugar beet
A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and which is grown commercially for sugar production. In plant breeding, it is known as the Altissima cultivar group of the common beet (''Beta vulgaris''). Together wi ...
production.
The Anglican church, which is a Grade II
listed building, is dedicated to
Saint Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
. The 14th-century medieval church was mostly torn down in 1854-55 and reconstructed using the original
greenstone. Only the base of the tower and nave remain of the former church.
Spilsby Union
Workhouse was built in Hundleby in 1837, to designs by
George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started ...
. After 1930 it became a
Public Assistance Institution. In 1948 it was converted to the Gables Hospital providing
geriatric care. It was eventually closed and demolished.
An
electoral ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...
of the same name stretches north to
Swaby
Swaby is a civil parish and village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north from Spilsby, and north-west from Alford. Whitepit is a hamlet half a mile west of the village.
History
Swaby is listed in the ''Domesday ...
, containing 2,107 people as of the 2011 Census.
References
External links
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Villages in Lincolnshire
East Lindsey District
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire