South Ormsby, sometimes called South Ormesby, is a village in 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. With the nearby hamlet of Ketsby

Ketsby

Ketsby is a hamlet in the civil parish of South Ormsby about west of the town of Alford, Lincolnshire, England.Ketsby was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086, when it was listed as having 18 households, 60 acres of meadow and a mill...

, it forms 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 South Ormesby with Ketsby. It lies within the administrative district of East Lindsey

East Lindsey

East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

.

The 15th century church of St Leonard's church is approached by a short climb up a path next to the old school house.

Ormsby Hall, built by James Paine in 1752, stands in a wooded parkland complete with lake.

The village has a public house

Public house

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, the Massingberd Arms, and a motor repair garage.

External links

• East Lindsey District Council website