Keelby

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.

Keelby

Church of St Batholomew, Keelby
Keelby
Location within Lincolnshire
Population2,092 (2011)
OS grid referenceTA161097
• London140 mi (230 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGrimsby
Postcode districtDN41
Dialling code01469
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

In the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,172, comprising 48.6% males, and 51.4% females. The population at the 2011 census (including Brocklesby) was 2,092.[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.

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.[3]

References
  1. "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. "National Archive Domesday Book". Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. http://www.eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi
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