Hundleby is a village, civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

, and suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 of the town of Spilsby

Spilsby

Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in Lincolnshire. England. The town is situated adjacent to the main A16 Trunk Road at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds north of the Fenlands, east of the county town of Lincoln, north east of Boston and north west from Skegness.The town has...

, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England.

The village of Hundelbi appears in Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 and the Lord of the Manor

Lord of the Manor

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 in 1086 was Ivo Tallboys.

The church, which is a Grade II listed building, is dedicated to Saint Mary. It was rebuilt 1854/5 using original greenstone

Greenstone

Pounamu is several types of hard, durable and highly valued nephrite jade, bowenite, or serpentinite found in New Zealand. Pounamu is the Māori name. The rocks are also generically known as "greenstone" in New Zealand English....

 from the previous 14th century church.

Spilsby Union Workhouse

Workhouse

In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a spike, was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment...

 was built in Hundleby in 1837, to designs by George Gilbert Scott. After 1930 it became a Public Assistance Institution and in 1948 became the Gables Hospital, providing geriatric care. It was eventually closed and demolished.