Westby, Lincolnshire
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Westby is a hamlet in the civil parish
of Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe
in the South Kesteven
district of Lincolnshire
, England, located about 6 miles (9.7 km) south east of the town of Grantham.
Westby is considered a shrunken medieval village and at the time of Domesday Book
of 1086 it consisted of eleven households.
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 Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe
Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe
Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 154. The parish includes Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe....
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, located about 6 miles (9.7 km) south east of the town of Grantham.
Westby is considered a shrunken medieval village and at the time of Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
of 1086 it consisted of eleven households.