| Utterby | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church, Utterby | |
  Utterby Location withinLincolnshire | |
| Population | 293 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TF309933 |
| • London | 140 mi (230 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LOUTH |
| Postcode district | LN11 |
| Dialling code | 01472 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Utterby is a village andcivil parish in theEast Lindsey district ofLincolnshire, England. It is situated on theA16 road, 10 miles (16 km) south fromGrimsby and 4 miles (6 km) north fromLouth.
Utterby railway station[2] (or Utterby Halt), on the line between Grimsby and Louth, closed in 1961.Near to the Village is the site of a formerGilbertinepriory.[3] It is believed that the monks of this priory built the village'sPackhorse bridge in the 14th century.[4]
ThePrime Meridian passes to the east of Utterby.
The name Utterby comes from theScandinavian 'by' which means village, and is a common place name suffix in the area. The 'utter' comes from theOld English 'uttera', cognate with the modern English word 'outer', or remote, and not the modern Swedish 'utter' which means otter. Therefore, to the Vikings this was 'the remote village'.[5] This is a common construction also seen in Itterby, one of the parishes which formedCleethorpes, and alsoYtterby in Sweden, which is relatively frequent inScandinavia and from which derive the names of theChemical elementsYttrium,Ytterbium,Terbium andErbium.[citation needed]
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