| Tumby | |
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 Towards Tumby Woodside | |
  Tumby Location withinLincolnshire | |
| Population | 203 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TF242606 |
| • London | 115 mi (185 km) S |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Boston |
| Postcode district | PE22 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Tumby is a village andcivil parish in theEast Lindseydistrict ofLincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north fromConingsby and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south fromHorncastle. In 2011 the parish had a population of 203.
Tumby Woodside is a hamlet about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of the village of Tumby. The woods are of oak and larch.[2] In the 15th century it belonged toRalph, Lord Cromwell, and was also known as Tumby Chase.[3]
Tumby Woodside railway station opened here in 1913 serving theGreat Northern Railway, and closed in 1970.[4]
A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was founded in Tumby Woodside in 1818 and was rebuilt in 1897. It closed in 2004.[5] There was formerly anAnglican church dedicated to St Lawrence, in the neighbouring hamlet of Moorhouses, built byJames Fowler in 1875. This is also closed.[6]
The Tumby estate was owned by theHawley baronets.
The murdererEthel Major was daughter of the estate gamekeeper and was born and raised in a lodge on the estate.
Tumby Moorside is a hamlet about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Tumby, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Tumby Woodside. In the 15th century it belonged toLord Willoughby, who died leaving his estate to his wife, Maud, who then married Sir Thomas Neville, and later Sir Gervaise Clifton.[3] In 1466 Gervaise and Maud Clifton granted Sir Anthony Wydville (or Wydevile),Lord Scales, the manor of Tumby, with the exception of Tumby Woodside which belonged to Ralph, Lord Cromwell.[3]
High House Museum is at Tumby Moorside, and is a Grade IIlisted building dating from the 18th century.[7] A 17th-centurybarn located at the farmhouse is also Grade II listed.[8]
Fulsby is a hamlet located on theRiver Bain north of Tumby. It was listed inDomesday Book of 1086 as having 4 households, 8 acres (32,000 m2) of meadow and 120 acres (0.5 km2) of woodland.[9][10] Most of Fulsby Wood is classified as semi-natural woodland, with the rest as plantation.[11]
In the seventeenth century Fulsby was the home of the Cressey family.[12]
Tumby Wood is a nature reserve andSite of Special Scientific Interest.[13] The rents on a small farm at Fulsby were used by the trustees of the will of Sir John Nelthorpe to maintainBrigg Grammar School, and two poor boys fromLegsby or Fulsby were educated, clothed, and looked-after by the school.[14]
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