Markby

Markby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) north-east from Alford.

Markby
The thatched Church of St Peter, Markby
Markby Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF486788
• London	120 mi (190 km) S
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Alford
Postcode district	LN13
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53.285655°N 0.228115°E / 53.285655; 0.228115

Church

The Anglican church of St Peter is one of England's few thatched churches, and the only one in Lincolnshire. Its interior fittings and structural beams were perhaps made locally. The font is from an older church on the same site, with box pews and pulpit from the 19th century. The church bell might be the earlier Priory refectory bell.^[1] Within the church is Norman decoration. Before the 16th-century dissolution of the monasteries local worshippers used the priory church, and after the Dissolution, other parts of the priory by permission. A further corrugated iron church was built in the late 19th century, to take the place of the stone and thatch church which was in poor repair. As of 1916, the church was used only for burials.^[2] This later iron church became unusable in the 1960s, so consequently the earlier church was renovated.^[3]