Dowsby
Coordinates: 52°51′05″N 0°20′54″W / 52.851308°N 0.34846455°W
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 St Andrew's church, Dowsby |
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 Dowsby
Dowsby shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | TF 11312 29478 |
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| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bourne |
| Postcode district | PE10 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Dowsby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the western edge of The Fens at the junction of the east-west B1397 road and the north-south B1177. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of Rippingale and just south of Pointon. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Graby. Nearby to the east, along the B1397, is Car Dyke on Dowsby Fen.[1]
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[edit] The Village
52°51′07″N 0°20′56″W / 52.852°N 0.349°W
Dowsby Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.[2] The ecclesiastical parish is part of The Billingborough Group of the Deanery of Lafford, Diocese of Lincoln. The incumbent is The Revd John Spreadbury.[3]
Dowsby Fen falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board.[4]
A bus service operates to Bourne on Thursdays, provided by Kimes Buses.
[edit] History
The name Dowsby is from the Old Scandinavian Dusi+by, for "farmstead of Dusi", appearing in the Domesday Book as Dusebi.[5]
Although the village looks comparatively modern,[says who?] as though it dates to the Victorian agricultural expansion, it is actually very old.[citation needed]
The Hoe Hills was a group of round barrows dating back to the Bronze Age 52°51′32″N 0°20′37″W / 52.85889°N 0.34361°W where Roman and Medieval finds have been made.[6][7]
St Andrew's church, originating from the 12th century,[2] was mostly rebuilt and enlarged in 1864, although Norman fragments remain as part of the fabric. A recumbent effigy of Etheldreda Rigdon, and six brasses to the Burrell family from 1682 lie in the vestry. Built into the outer wall of the south aisle are parts of a Saxon cross.[8][9]
On the edge of the fen was a decoy used to trap ducks commercially in the 19th century. These would almost certainly have been shipped for sale by railway, probably from Rippingale railway station which was only a mile or so from the decoy.[original research?]
[edit] Graby
52°51′13″N 0°21′59″W / 52.85361°N 0.36639°W
Within the parish to the west is the deserted medieval village at Graby,[10] on the line of the Roman Road Mareham Lane.
[edit] Business
Most of the employment in the parish is agricultural. The former rectory is now a care home for the elderly, providing some employment. The nearest shop is in Billingborough, the nearest pub is in Aslackby
[edit] References
- ^ "Car Dyke, Dowsby Fen, Lincs", geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2011
- ^ a b "Church of St Andrew", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 3 July 2011
- ^ "Dowsby PCC". http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?22002020.
- ^ "Black Sluice IDB". http://www.blacksluiceidb.gov.uk/.
- ^ Mills, A. D. (1991). A Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "National Monument Record for the Hoe Hills". http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=350993.
- ^ "Hoe Hills:Report on Geophysical Surveys, October 1994 & March 1995.". http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/reports/dowsby/.
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 118; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ^ "National Monument Record for the church". http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=350583.
- ^ "National Monument Record for the deserted medieval village at Graby". http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=350651.
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