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Linby (or Lindeby)

"Linby is a small village and parish seven and a half miles south of Mansfield, sontaining 310 inhabitants, and 1461 acres of land, principally belonging to Andrew Montagu Esq., who is also lord of the manor. Before the Conquest it had three manors, whi by the victorious Conqueror were given to William Peverel, whose son William gave the "town and whatever it hath in it" to the Priory of Lenton. The estate was bequeathed by its late proprietor, the Right Hon. Frederick Montagu, in 1800, to Fountayne Wilson Esq. and his heirs, on condition that they use the surname of Montagu, which he himself refused to comply with, but conferred it upon his son, together with the said estate. The present landlord having discharged all the framework knitters from the parish, has caused a decrease in the population from 515 to 310 souls. Two ancient crosses stand at the north and south ends of the village, having a maypole at the south. The church is a small structure, dedicated to St Michael, with a tower and four bells. It contains some ancient monuments of the Strelley and Chaworth families. The rectory, valued in the King's books at £4 9s 9½d, now £220, is in the gift of Andrew Montagu Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Hurt M.A., who resides at the rectory, a neat mansion near the church, with 21a 2r 10p of ancient glebe; and in 1843 the tithe was commuted for £280. A feast is held on the Sunday after Old Michaelmas Day, or on that day if it falls on a Sunday. The Nottingham and Manfield Railway passes through the parish and has a neat station here."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Hucknall Torkard sub-district of the Basford Registration District until 1901.
  
  
• In 1901 the parish was reassigned to the Arnold sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael.
  
  
• The church constructiuon date is thought to be in the 13th century.
  
  
• The church was restored around 1870.
  
  
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of Saint Michael's Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1640 and is in very good condition.
  
  
• The church was in the No. 1 deanery of Nottingham.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Hucknall Torkard sub-district of the Basford Registration District until 1901.
  
  
• In 1901 the parish was reassigned to the Arnold sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Linby is a village and a parish 134 miles north of London, 9.5 miles north of Nottingham and 7.5 miles south of Mansfield. The River Leen flows through the parish. The parish covers 963 acres, but used to be far larger.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A611 north out of Nottingham past Hucknall. Linby will be just to the right.
  
  
• There were three railways that ran through Linby historically, but there appears to be no current passenger service to Linby and the RR station is closed.
  
  

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History

• Limestone was quarried here.
  
  
• In 1812 the Luddites destroyed nine lace warp machines in this parish.
  
  
• Around 1850, the lord of the manor discharged all of the framework knitters in the parish, dropping the population from 515 down to 310 souls.
  
  
• The village feast day is on the Sunday nearest to Old Michaelmas day.
  
  
• Local legend tells us that the pancake was invented here by the women of the village to celebrate the defeat of the Danes who had enslaved them.
  
  
• Linby won the "Best Kept Village in Nottinghamshire" award in 1997.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 5351.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military Records

A photograph of the War Memorial can be found at the Yorkshire's Memorials site.

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• This parish was in the northern division of the Broxtowe Hundred or Wapentake in the northern division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1935, this parish was reduced by 527 acres which were granted to Hucknall Torkard Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the Basford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Parochial School for both sexes was built here before 1869.
  
  

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