Ketsby

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title: "Ketsby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamlets-in-lincolnshire", "east-lindsey-district"] description: "Hamlet in the South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/hamlets-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketsby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hamlet in the South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England ::

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

Field	Value
official_name	Ketsby
static_image_name	Farm buildings at Ketsby - geograph.org.uk - 482296.jpg
static_image_caption	Ketsby
country	England
region	East Midlands
os_grid_reference	TF368765
coordinates
post_town	Louth
postcode_area	LN
postcode_district	LN11
constituency_westminster	Louth and Horncastle
civil_parish	South Ormsby
shire_district	East Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
london_distance_mi	120
london_direction	S
::

| official_name= Ketsby | static_image_name= Farm buildings at Ketsby - geograph.org.uk - 482296.jpg | static_image_caption= Ketsby | country= England | region= East Midlands | os_grid_reference= TF368765 | map_alt= | coordinates = | post_town= Louth | postcode_area= LN | postcode_district= LN11 | dial_code= | constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle | civil_parish= South Ormsby | shire_district= East Lindsey | shire_county= Lincolnshire | london_distance_mi= 120 | london_direction= S Ketsby is a hamlet in the civil parish of South Ormsby in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 mi west from the town of Alford. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Brinkhill.

Ketsby is listed in the Domesday account with 18 households, a meadow of 60 acre and a mill.

An early medieval cresset lamp, with a maltese cross carved on the base, was found at Ketsby and is now in Lincoln City and County Museum.

Ketsby water mill and mill house are built in yellow brick, date from 1864, and are Grade II listed buildings. The mill is no longer in operation.

The Greenwich Prime Zero meridian line passes through the hamlet.

References

References

1. "Ketsby". Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull.
2. {{PastScape
3. "Ketsby Water Mill". English Heritage.
4. "Ketsby Mill House". English Heritage.

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