Kelby is a hamlet in the 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...

 of Heydour

Heydour

Heydour is a hamlet and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is south-west from Sleaford and north-east from Grantham...

, in the South Kesteven

South Kesteven

South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Grantham, Stamford, Bourne and Market Deeping.-History:...

 district of 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. It lies 5 miles (8 km) south-west from Sleaford

Sleaford

Sleaford is a town in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located thirteen miles northeast of Grantham, seventeen miles west of Boston, and nineteen miles south of Lincoln, and had a total resident population of around 14,500 in 6,167 households at the time...

, 9 miles (14.5 km) north-east from Grantham

Grantham

Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...

 and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east from Ancaster

Ancaster

Ancaster can refer to any of the following places:* Ancaster, Ontario, Canada* Ancaster, Lincolnshire, England* Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster, last holder of the now-extinct Earldom of Ancaster...

. Kelby, with Heydour, Aisby, Oasby

Oasby

Oasby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Heydour, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It lies north-east of Grantham.Oasby, Heydour, Aisby, Culverthorpe and Kelby are the five hamlets within Heydour parish....

  and Culverthorpe

Culverthorpe

Culverthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Heydour, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies south-west from Sleaford, north-east from Grantham and 3 miles south-east from Ancaster....

 are the five hamlets within Heydour parish.

Kelby church is dedicated to St Andrew and is a chapelry

Chapelry

A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England, and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century. It had a similar status to a township but was so named as it had a chapel which acted as a subsidiary place of worship to the main parish church...

 of Heydour. Its tower was rebuilt in 1881 after a collapse. The church basement is Norman and the font Early English, with pews originally from the chapel at nearby Grade II listed Culverthorpe Hall

Culverthorpe

Culverthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Heydour, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies south-west from Sleaford, north-east from Grantham and 3 miles south-east from Ancaster....

.Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 181; Methuen & Co. Ltd

A chapel for Primitive Methodists was established in 1859.