Dunsby Explained

Static Image Name:All Saints' church, Dunsby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 90714.jpg
Static Image Caption:Church of All Saints, Dunsby
Country:England
Official Name:Dunsby
Coordinates:52.8278°N -0.3609°W
Population:122
Population Ref:(2011)
Shire District:South Kesteven
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Grantham and Bourne
Post Town:Bourne
Postcode District:PE10
Postcode Area:PE
Os Grid Reference:TF105268
London Distance Mi:90
London Direction:S

Dunsby is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of in Lincolnshire, England. It is 4miles north from Bourne, just east off the A15, and on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens. In 2001 it had a population of 141,[1] reducing to 122 at the 2011 census.[2]

The Grade I listed parish church is dedicated to All Saints. Built of ironstone and limestone, it dates from the 12th century, and was restored in 1857. The church is part of the Ringstone in Aveland group of the Deanery of Beltisloe, Diocese of Lincoln. The vicar was the Revd Dr Lynda Pugh between 2012 and 2018. The incumbent is the Revd Neil Bullen.

The village cross is a medieval scheduled monument sited at a road junction in the village, and consists of the base and 8inches of shaft.

Dunsby is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name of Dunesbe.[3]

Literature

Honniball P (2021) HISTORY OF DUNSBY, a village in South Lincolnshire and of some of the people who have lived there. Privately published 340pp.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: census 2001 . 8 February 2009 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201805/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070 . dead .
  2. Web site: Civil parish population 2011. 15 May 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  3. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/lincolnshire2.html#dunsbyhacconby Domesday Book