Claxby by Normanby
Claxby, or Claxby by Normanby, is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 221. It is situated approximately north from the town of Market Rasen and south from the town of Caistor.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is a Grade I listed building, built of ironstone, dating from the 13th century and restored in 1871 by James Fowler of Louth. On the north side of the chancel is a 13th-century tomb of the founder Brayboeuf. On the south side is a tomb erected in 1605 to John Witherwick. There are brasses to Fitzwilliams Armiger, Jane Burnaby, and Mary Monson.
St Mary's church is part of the Walesby Group of Parishes which also comprises Brookenby ; Kirmond le Mire ; Normanby le Wold ; North Willingham ; Stainton le Vale ; Tealby ; Walesby and Walesby Old Church.
Claxby has a Parish Council consisting of seven Councillors and a Clerk which meets four times per year and maintains its own website.
