North Ormsby

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

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

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

Field	Value
static_image_name	North Ormsby from the lane - geograph.org.uk - 461010.jpg
static_image_caption	North Ormsby
country	England
official_name	North Ormsby
coordinates
population	134
population_ref	(2011)
civil_parish	North Ormsby
shire_district	East Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Louth and Horncastle
post_town	Louth
postcode_district	LN11
postcode_area	LN
os_grid_reference	TF288934
london_distance_mi	135
london_direction	S
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| static_image_name= North Ormsby from the lane - geograph.org.uk - 461010.jpg | static_image_alt= | static_image_caption= North Ormsby | country = England | official_name= North Ormsby | map_alt= | coordinates = | population= 134 | population_ref= (2011) | civil_parish = North Ormsby | shire_district= East Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle | post_town= Louth | postcode_district = LN11 | postcode_area= LN | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= TF288934 | london_distance_mi= 135 | london_direction= S North Ormsby (sometimes Ormesby) is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 mi north-west from the market town of Louth. In 2021 the parish had a population of 43.

History

North Ormsby was in antiquity known as Nun Ormsby. It is documented in the Domesday account as "Ormesbi". The manor comprised 1 smallholder, 10 freemen, 8 ploughlands, 40 acre of meadow and 10 acre of woodland. Lords in 1066 were Skemundr and Ulf Fenman, the land transferred to Geoffrey of Aalst as Lord of the manor in 1086 with Drogo of la BeuvriËre as Tenant-in-chief.

Main article: North Ormsby Priory

A Gilbertine priory dedicated to Saint Mary was founded as a double house between 1148 and 1154, and dissolved in 1538. There are still earthworks visible, and the site is scheduled.

Church

The former parish church, which was dedicated to Saint Helen, is a Grade II listed building built in 1848 by S. S. Teulon. It was declared redundant in 1980 by the Diocese of Lincoln and sold for private residential use. Within the church is a railed monument surmounted by an urn, a memorial to Mary Russell (d.1855).

In 1863 six graves cut from chalk and dressed with sandstone were found in the churchyard, and were probably of Saxon date. There is also a Grade II listed cross in the churchyard, dating from the 14th century.

Landmarks

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/The_White_Lady_-geograph.org.uk-_179613.jpg" caption="The White Lady"] ::

"The White Lady of North Ormsby" is a lifesize statue in the grounds of Abbey Farm, which is Grade II listed. It is possibly of Roman origin, and depicts a lady in Grecian style. It was erected here in 1850 to commemorate the death of a lady in a riding accident. In 1964 Pevsner reported the White Lady position as just south of Ormsby Abbey, a Victorian house.

Near Mill Farm is the site of a First World War military airfield established in 1917 and abandoned in 1919. It was intended for No. 33 Squadron RAF use as an emergency landing site for aircraft if short of fuel during anti-Zeppelin operations.

References

References

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8. ''[[Nikolaus Pevsner. Harris, John]]; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' p. 327; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. {{ISBN. 0300096208
9. Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 239; Methuen & Co. Ltd.
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