Brookenby

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title: "Brookenby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-lincolnshire", "civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "west-lindsey-district"] description: "Village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookenby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
map_type	Lincolnshire
official_name	Brookenby
static_image_name	Brookenby Church.jpg
static_image_caption	Brookenby Church
population	665
population_ref	(2011 census)
shire_district	West Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Gainsborough
post_town	Market Rasen
postcode_district	LN8
postcode_area	LN
os_grid_reference	TF201954
london_distance_mi	130
london_direction	S
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| country = England | coordinates = | map_type = Lincolnshire | official_name = Brookenby | static_image_name = Brookenby Church.jpg | static_image_width = | static_image_caption = Brookenby Church | population = 665 | population_ref = (2011 census) | shire_district = West Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Gainsborough | civil_parish = | post_town = Market Rasen | postcode_district = LN8 | postcode_area = LN | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = TF201954 | london_distance_mi = 130 | london_direction = S Brookenby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated 7 mi north-east from Market Rasen. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 742, falling to 665 at the 2011 census but recovering to 705 in the 2021 census.

The village developed around the former RAF station, RAF Binbrook, with most of the population living in the former RAF housing. Since the name of the station came from an existing nearby village, the name 'Brookenby' was chosen in the 1980s when the new village was constituted. The name is believed to be derived from a nearby abandoned or plague village.

The former sergeants' mess is now Brookenby Church, part of the Walesby group of parishes. A Trading Estate was developed on the remains of the RAF station in 1998.

The consistent 1940s period architecture led to the use of RAF Binbrook for scenes in the 1990 re-make of Memphis Belle.

References

References

1. "Census results".
2. "Civil parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
3. "IMDB listing for ''Memphis Belle 1990''". [[IMDb]].

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