Carlby is a small village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

in the district of

South Kesteven South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Bourne, Grantham, Market Deeping and Stamford. The 2011 census reports 133,788 people at 1.4 per ...

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershir ...

, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 542. It is located four miles south of Bourne on the

A6121 The A6121 is a short cross-country road in the counties of Lincolnshire and Rutland, England. It forms the principal route between Bourne and Stamford and the A1 in Lincolnshire, continuing on through Ketton in Rutland to its junction with ...

near the Lincolnshire/

Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest l ...

boundary, which is partly the River West Glen. The ecclesiastical parish is ''

Ryhall Ryhall is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is situated close to the eastern boundary of the county, about 2 miles (3 km) north of Stamford. The parish includes the hamlet of Belmes ...

with Essendine and Carlby'', part of the Rutland

Deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or reside ...

of the Diocese of Peterborough. The vicar is the Rev Jo Saunders. The parish church is dedicated to St. Stephen. The current building dates from 1134. The village has a playing field and a children's recreational area. In 1986 the villagers replaced the wooden village hall with a brick structure.

References

External links

A short page on Carlby

List of parish organisations

Draft development report, with much detail of history and buildings
{{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District