Orby

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title: "Orby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-lincolnshire", "civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "east-lindsey-district"] description: "Village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orby" 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	All Saints' church, Orby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 119088.jpg
static_image_caption	All Saints' Church, Orby
country	England
official_name	Orby
coordinates
population	353
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	East Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Louth and Horncastle
post_town	SKEGNESS
postcode_district	PE24
postcode_area	PE
os_grid_reference	TF491673
london_distance_mi	115
london_direction	S
::

| static_image_name= All Saints' church, Orby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 119088.jpg | static_image_alt= | static_image_caption= All Saints' Church, Orby | country = England | official_name= Orby | map_alt= | coordinates = | population= 353 | population_ref= (2011) | shire_district= East Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle | post_town= SKEGNESS | postcode_district = PE24 | postcode_area= PE | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= TF491673 | london_distance_mi= 115 | london_direction= S NOTOC Orby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 mi east from the town of Spilsby, and 5 mi west from the seaside resort of Skegness. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Habertoft, 1.5 mi to the north-west. Orby lies within the Lincolnshire coast marshes.

History

Orby is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Heresbi", and in 1115 it was recorded as "Orreby". However, this unusual citation does not relate to any described settlement within the parish itself, but is used instead, as a reference point to help locate lands held by the Bishop of Durham in neighbouring Addlethorpe.

The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 13th century with later alterations and additions. The chancel was rebuilt in 1888.

Manor House Farm is a Grade II listed farmhouse dating from 1660, of red brick, which replaced an earlier medieval moated manor, the site of which is an ancient scheduled monument.

Orby County Primary School was originally built in 1837 as a National School. It was rebuilt in 1874 but closed only three years later. In 1878 it was reopened as the Orby Board School, after the formation of the Orby School Board that year. The School Boards were abolished in 1903, and the school underwent name changes before becoming Orby County Primary School in 1963. It closed on 22 July 1981.

References

References

1. "Parish population 2011".
2. OS Explorer map: Skegness, Alford & Spilsby: (1:25 000): {{ISBN. 0319238229
3. "JCA No. 42 - Lincolnshire Coast and Marshes". Naturalengland.org.uk.
4. "Settlement of Orby". Lincstothepast.com (Lincolnshire Archives).
5. "Church of All Saints, Orby". Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
6. "Manor Farmhouse, Orby". Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
7. {{NHLE
8. {{cite PastScape
9. "Orby County Primary School - SR/814". Lincstothepast.com (Lincolnshire Archives).

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