Lusby, Lincolnshire

Lusby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lusby with Winceby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 4 miles (6 km) west from Spilsby, and about 5 miles (8 km) east from Horncastle. In 1961 the parish had a population of 68.^[2] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished to form "Lusby with Winceby".^[3][4] Lusby with Winceby had a population (including Hameringham) of 147 at the 2011 census.

Lusby
St Peter's Church, Lusby
Lusby Location within Lincolnshire
Population	147 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TF339678
• London	115 mi (185 km) S
Civil parish	Lusby with Winceby
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Spilsby
Postcode district	PE23
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53.191212°N 0.003420°E / 53.191212; 0.003420

History

In the 1086 Domesday Book, Lusby is listed as "Luzebi", with 26 households, a meadow of 180 acres (0.73 km²), a mill and a church.^[5]

The parish church is Grade I-listed and dedicated to St Peter. It is built in greenstone and dates from the 11th century, with 15th-century additions. It was further altered and reduced in 1893 by Ewan Christian, and in the 20th century an porch was added. A late 11th-early 12th-century grave marker is incorporated above the keystone of the blocked south doorway of the nave.^[6][7]

A scion of the parish was the Very Revd Dr Penyston Booth, Dean of Windsor, whose brother served as Rector till 1716.

Lusby CofE School was built as a National School to serve the village as well as nearby Winceby and Asgarby. It closed in 1962.^[8]