Keelby
| Keelby | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Batholomew, Keelby | |
  Keelby Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 2,226 (2021) |
| OS grid reference | TA161097 |
| • London | 140 mi (230 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Grimsby |
| Postcode district | DN41 |
| Dialling code | 01469 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Keelby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the A18, 6 miles (10 km) west from the seaport of Grimsby and 4 miles (6 km) east from the local Humberside Airport, with close access to the A180 to the north, and M180 to the west.
In the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,172, comprising 48.6% males, and 51.4% females. The population at the 2021 census (including Brocklesby) was 2,226, comprising 47.4% males, and 52.6% females.[1]
Keelby is listed in the Domesday Book as "Chelebi" or "Chilebi".[2] A place name ending in "-by" generally indicates that the town or village was a primary Viking settlement.
Keelby has a tennis court, bowling green, park, primary school, guest house and a war memorial, a Mace and a Spar store, and two public houses, the King's Head and the Nag's Head. Religious sites are the Church of England St Bartholomew's Church and a Methodist chapel.
Keelby once had a village pond situated at the junction of Pelham Crescent and Mill Lane, however this was filled in during the 1950s.
There is a football club with adult and junior teams. The village cricket club, reformed in 1975 after a 10-year break, plays in the Lincolnshire League, the Grimsby Midweek League and the East Lindsey Sunday League. Matches were played on the village green until 2009 before moving to a new multi-purpose sports complex on the edge of the village in 2010.[3]
Keelby is within the catchment area of three secondary schools, Healing Comprehensive, Caistor Yarborough, and Caistor Grammar School.
The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.[4]
Keelby has been twinned with Maisdon-sur-Sèvre, a village in western France, since 1990.[5] There is a street in the French village named after Keelby, Allée de Keelby.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Local Authority Census Profile - West Lindsey 001G". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "National Archive Domesday Book". Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Keelby UTD Football Club - Contact Info". Pitchero.
- ^ "European Severe Weather Database". Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Keelby Twinning enjoys fun-filled weekend with French guests". Lincolnshire World.
- ^ "MAISDON-SUR-SEVRE - Allée de Keelby". MappyFrance. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
External links
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Media related to Keelby at Wikimedia Commons- [1]
- Keelby football club
