Dowsby

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

::summary Village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England ::

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

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
map_type	Lincolnshire
official_name	Dowsby
static_image_name	All Saints' church, Dowsby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 90707.jpg
static_image_caption	Church of St Andrew, Dowsby
population	204
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	South Kesteven
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Grantham and Bourne
post_town	Bourne
postcode_district	PE10
postcode_area	PE
os_grid_reference	TF113294
london_distance_mi	90
london_direction	S
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| country = England | coordinates = | map_type = Lincolnshire | official_name = Dowsby | static_image_name = All Saints' church, Dowsby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 90707.jpg | static_image_width = | static_image_caption = Church of St Andrew, Dowsby | population = 204 | population_ref = (2011) | shire_district = South Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Grantham and Bourne | civil_parish = | post_town = Bourne | postcode_district = PE10 | postcode_area = PE | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = TF113294 | london_distance_mi = 90 | london_direction = S

Dowsby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the western edge of The Fens at the junction of the east–west B1397 road and the north–south B1177. It is 1 mi north-east from Rippingale and just south of Pointon. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Graby. Nearby to the east, along the B1397 at Dowsby Fen, is Car Dyke. The civil parish population taken at the 2011 census was 204.

History

The name Dowsby is from the Old Scandinavian 'Dusi+by', for "farmstead of Dusi", appearing in the Domesday Book as "Dusebi".

Hoe Hills () was a group of round barrows dating back to the Bronze Age where Roman and Medieval finds have been made.

St Andrew's Church, originating from the 12th century,

On the edge of the fen was a decoy used to trap ducks commercially in the 19th century. These would almost certainly have been shipped for sale by railway, probably from Rippingale railway station which was approximately a mile from the decoy.

Dowsby

Dowsby Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Andrew. The ecclesiastical parish is part of the Billingborough Group of the Lafford Deanery, Diocese of Lincoln. The 2013 incumbent is the Rev. Anna Sorensen.

Dowsby Fen falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board.

Most employment in the parish is agricultural. The former rectory is now a care home for the elderly, providing some employment. The nearest shops are in Billingborough, 3 mi to the north, the nearest public house in Aslackby, 2 mi to the west.The bus service 401 operates to Bourne on Thursdays, provided by Delaine buses.

Graby

The hamlet of Graby is situated 1 mile to the west of Dowsby, and on the line of Mareham Lane Roman Road. Graby incorporates the site of a deserted medieval village, with cropmark and earthwork evidence of sunken lanes, crofts, ponds and ridge and furrow field systems.

References

Further research

• Lane, Tom "Hoe Hills, Dowsby", Fenland Research, vol. 9 (1994), pp. 16–19.

References

1. [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/259079 "Car Dyke, Dowsby Fen, Lincs"], [[Geograph]].org.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2011
2. "Civil parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
3. Mills, A. D.. (1991). "A Dictionary of English Place-Names". Oxford University Press.
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5. "Hoe Hills:Report on Geophysical Surveys, October 1994 & March 1995.".
6. was mostly rebuilt and enlarged in 1864, although [[Norman architecture. Norman]] fragments remain as part of the fabric. A recumbent [[effigy]] of Etheldreda Rigdon, and six [[Monumental brass. brasses]] to the Burrell family from 1682 lie in the [[vestry]]. Built into the outer wall of the south [[aisle]] are parts of a [[Anglo-Saxon architecture
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9. "Dowsby PCC".
10. "Black Sluice IDB".
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