| Grasby | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Grasby | |
  Grasby Location withinLincolnshire | |
| Population | 480 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TA088049 |
| • London | 140 mi (230 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BARNETBY |
| Postcode district | DN38 |
| Dialling code | 01652 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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Grasby is a small village andcivil parish in theWest Lindseydistrict ofLincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Clixby) taken at the 2011 census was 480.[1] It is situated 3 miles (5 km) north-west of the town ofCaistor and lies in theLincolnshire Wolds, a designatedArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[2]
Grasby's 13th-centuryAnglican parish church, dedicated to All Saints, is opposite the village primary school.
The church is part of the Caistor group of parishes in theDeanery ofWest Wold.[3] The 2013 incumbent is The Rev'd Canon Ian Robinson.[4] In earlier times the vicar was Rev Charles Tennyson Turner, brother of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.[5]
The village school came close to closing at the end of the 20th century but remains open.[5] It is now Grasby All SaintsChurch of England Primary School, andgrant maintained. The school received a Grade 2 (Good) judgement for "Overall effectiveness" in its 2013Ofsted report.[6]
The village hall holds events such as Rock and Roll and Jive classes, runs aLearn Direct programme and is used by the village school for physical education lessons and a yearly Easter ceremony.[2]
Grasby has onepublic house, The Cross Keys,[5] on theCaistor toBrigg road, which for a time housed a village shop. A second public house, The Bluebell, on the corner of Church Hill and Canty Nook, is now closed.
Since 1987 Grasby has been twinned with the small French village ofSaint-Rémy-de-Sillé inSarthe,[5][7] whose main road has been renamedRue de Grasby.[8]
In 2005 Grasby won the Central England Village of the Year competition.[2][5]
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