Hanby Hall is a

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early 18th-century building in

Alford, Lincolnshire Alford is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds, which form an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The population was recorded as 3,459 in the 2011 United Kin ...

. Hanby Hall was built by John Andrews. It is situated opposite St. Wilfrid's church, Alford. It is a red brick,

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, two-story house with attics. Originally five-bay and L-plan, it was extended to the right in the late 18th century. The building was Grade II* listed on 20 May 1953. It has no known association with Hanby Hall Farm. The following description of ''Hanby Hall'' being partly destroyed in 1645 by Parliamentarian forces, often referred to as The Battle of Alford, was discounted as a work of fiction in Lincolnshire Notes & Queries, Volume 9, published in 1907, pages 162 and 163, and in Lincolnshire Past and Present, No 6 Winter 1992 and No 7 Spring 1992. An earlier ''Hanby Hall'' existed in the village, partly destroyed in 1645 during the

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by Parliamentarian forces led by the

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who captured and killed William Hamby, its Royalist owner. The name ''Hanby Hall'' is also associated with Hanby Hall Farm, south of Alford, near to

Welton le Marsh Welton le Marsh (or Welton in the Marsh) is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east from the town of Spilsby and approximately south from the town of Alford. T ...

, (). The present 18th-century farm house is possibly built on the site of a medieval hall and the location includes a medieval moated enclosure, fishponds, enclosures and boundaries seen as earthworks and thought to be the site of the ''Lost Village of Hanby Hall''.

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Lincs to the past
Grade II* listed buildings in Lincolnshire Houses completed in the 18th century Houses in Lincolnshire Grade II* listed houses