Place:Kexby, Lincolnshire, England

Alt namesCheftesbisource: Domesday Book (1985) p 172
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates53.367°N 0.683°W
Located inLincolnshire, England
Also located inLindsey, England     (1889 - 1974)
See alsoGainsborough Rural, Lindsey, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
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Kexby is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. It lies at the side of the B1241 road, and is situated 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Gainsborough and 11 miles (18 km) north-west of the city and county town of Lincoln.

Although Kexby is a separate village and parish council, it is served by the church in Upton, its neighbouring village and parish council to the north. The church register in Upton, which include reports for Kexby, dates back to 1563. (Some of the source references use the title Upton cum Kexby.) However, there is evidence that the Church of All Saints (at Upton) dates back much further, with parts of the chancel walls believed to date back to before the Norman Conquest of 1066.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Kexby from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"KEXBY, a township in Upton parish, Lincoln; 3 miles N of Marton [railway] station, and 5 SE of Gainsborough. Acres: 1,540. Real property: £2,215. Population: 272. Houses: 61. The manor belongs to W. Hutton, Esq. There are chapels for Primitive Methodists and [United] Free Methodists."

The parish boundaries have not changed in Kexby since the 19th century. The parish forms a long horizontal shape, stretching from Heaton's Wood in the east to Kexby Grange in the west. However, although Wilson's Gazetteer described it as being "a township in Upton parish"; today, this is not correct. In 1866 [Wikipedia in error here], the government passed an act concerning parishes, creaing 14,000 of them. We can only presume that this was when Kexby became independent from Upton parish. (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time)

Occupational statistics are available for Kexby from the census of 1881 (Source:A Vision of Britain through Time). For men, the dominant employer was agriculture, with 53 working in this sector, over 60% of the male population at the time. For a small village, Kexby was well supplied, as the occupational statistics state that the village was home to a bakery, a butchers and a grocery store.

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