__NOTOC__ Orby is a village and

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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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, England.OS Explorer map: Skegness, Alford & Spilsby: (1:25 000): It is situated approximately east from the town of

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 ...

, and west from the seaside resort of

Skegness Skegness ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is east of Lincoln and north-east of Boston. With a population of 19,579 as of 2011, i ...

. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Habertoft, to the north-west. Orby lies within the

coast marshes.

History

Orby is listed in the 1086 ''

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'' as "Heresbi", and in 1115 it was recorded as "Orreby". However, this unusual citation does not relate to any described settlement within the parish itself, but is used instead, as a reference point to help locate lands held by the Bishop of Durham in neighbouring Addlethorpe. The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is a Grade II*

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dating from the 13th century with later alterations and additions. The

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was rebuilt in 1888. Manor House Farm is a Grade II listed farmhouse dating from 1660, of red brick, which replaced an earlier

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moated manor, the site of which is an ancient

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. Orby County Primary School was originally built in 1837 as a National School. It was rebuilt in 1874 but closed only three years later. In 1878 it was reopened as the Orby

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, after the formation of the Orby School Board that year. The School Boards were abolished in 1903, and the school underwent name changes before becoming Orby County Primary School in 1963. It closed on 22 July 1981.

References

External links

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"All Saints' Church, Orby"
Forwardinfaithlincs.org.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2011
"Orby"

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