Tumby 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 situated approximately north from

Coningsby Coningsby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England, it is situated on the A153 road, adjoining Tattershall on its western side, 13 miles (22 km) north west of Boston and 8 miles (13 km) so ...

and south from

Horncastle Horncastle is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains. History Romans Alt ...

, and in the

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Kirkby on Bain Kirkby on Bain is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the River Bain between Horncastle and Coningsby, and just west of the A153 road. Close to the north is the village of Haltham. Hi ...

Tumby Woodside

Tumby Woodside is a hamlet about south-east of the village of Tumby. The woods are of oak and larch. In the 15th century it belonged to Ralph, Lord Cromwell, and was also known as Tumby Chase.

Tumby Woodside railway station Tumby Woodside railway station was a station in Tumby Woodside, Lincolnshire, England on the Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway which ran between Lincoln and Firsby. The site is now left in an overgrown and unkempt state. The station master ...

opened here in 1913 serving the Great Northern Railway, and closed in 1970. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was founded in Tumby Woodside in 1818 and was rebuilt in 1897. It closed in 2004. There was formerly an

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church dedicated to St Lawrence, in the neighbouring hamlet of Moorhouses, built by James Fowler in 1875. This is also closed. The Tumby estate was owned by the

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. The murderer

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was daughter of the estate gamekeeper and was born and raised in a lodge on the estate.

Tumby Moorside

Tumby Moorside is a hamlet about south of Tumby, and west of Tumby Woodside. In the 15th century it belonged to

Lord Willoughby Baron Willoughby of Parham was a title in the Peerage of England with two creations. The first creation was for Sir William Willoughby who was raised to the peerage under letters patent in 1547, with the remainder to his heirs male of body. A ...

, who died leaving his estate to his wife, Maud, who then married Sir Thomas Neville, and later Sir Gervaise Clifton. In 1466 Gervaise and Maud Clifton granted Sir Anthony Wydville (or Wydevile), Lord Scales, the manor of Tumby, with the exception of Tumby Woodside which belonged to Ralph, Lord Cromwell. High House Museum is at Tumby Moorside, and is a Grade II

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dating from the 18th century. A 17th-century

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located at the farmhouse is also Grade II listed.

Fulsby

Fulsby is a hamlet located on the

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north of Tumby. It was listed in ''

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'' of 1086 as having 4 households, of meadow and of woodland. Most of Fulsby Wood is classified as semi-natural woodland, with the rest as plantation. In the seventeenth century Fulsby was the home of the Cressey family. Tumby Wood is a nature reserve and

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. The rents on a small farm at Fulsby were used by the trustees of the will of Sir John Nelthorpe to maintain

Brigg Grammar School Brigg ( /'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east–west tran ...

, and two poor boys from

Legsby __NOTOC__ Legsby (otherwise Legesby) is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 193. It is situated approximately north-east from the c ...

or Fulsby were educated, clothed, and looked-after by the school.

Gallery

File:Tumby Gates - geograph.org.uk - 424637.jpg, Fulsby Wood File:Tumby Woodside Wesleyan Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 363734.jpg, Disused Wesleyan Chapel File:St.Lawrence's Church, Moorhouses - geograph.org.uk - 363696.jpg, Disused St Lawrence's Church

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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District Local museums in Lincolnshire