Great Limber

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Great Limber
St Peter's Church, Great Limber
Population271 (2011)
OS grid referenceTA133087
• London145 mi (233 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGRIMSBY
Postcode districtDN37
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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Lincolnshire

Great Limber is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 271.[1] It is situated on the A18, 8 miles (13 km) west from Grimsby and 8 miles east from Brigg.

In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1841. The parish of 4,970 acres (20 km2), including 936 acres (3.8 km2) of woodland, was farmed on four and five field systems, and produced chiefly wheat, barley and turnips. Its population in 1881 was 489.[2]

Great Limber Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Peter.[3] It is built in Norman and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, and aisles, with attached chapels and south porch, and a low crenellated west tower with three bells.[2] The church was partly restored in 1873.[4] Its chancel is mostly Victorian, although its arch is 13th-century as is the font. An 1890 stained glass window in the north aisle is by Kempe.[5] Template:Lincolnshire preceptories

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, pp. 516, 517
  3. ^ "Church of St Peter", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 5 November 2011
  4. ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 195, 196; Methuen & Co. Ltd.
  5. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 257; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8

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