Bonby
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
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|coordinates = {{coord|53.625389|-0.485407|display=inline,title}}
|official_name = Bonby
|population = 532
|population_ref = (2011)
|unitary_england = North Lincolnshire
|lieutenancy_england = Lincolnshire
|region = Yorkshire and the Humber
|constituency_westminster = Brigg and Immingham
|post_town = Brigg
|postcode_district = DN20
|postcode_area = DN
|dial_code = 01652
|os_grid_reference = TA002153
| london_distance_mi= 145
| london_direction= S
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Bonby is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, and approximately {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} south from Barton-upon-Humber. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 481, increasing to 532 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120915&c=Bonby&d=16&e=62&g=6382218&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461404859723&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|accessdate=23 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}
The village was recorded in the Domesday Book under the name of "Bundebi".[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7586213&queryType=1&resultcount=2 "Bonby, Lincolnshire"], Domesday Book, National Archives. Retrieved 29 June 2011
The Grade II listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.{{NHLE|num=1346882 |desc=Church of St Andrew|accessdate=29 June 2011}} The church has an Early English nave and chancel, and a 17th-century brick tower. Bonby held a small priory, established by the Benedictine priory of St Fromund in Normandy. The priory was transferred to the Carthusian order at Beauvale, Nottinghamshire.{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1= J. Charles|date=1916|title=Lincolnshire|page=67 |publisher=Methuen & Co. Ltd.}}
Gallery
File:Bonby Church - geograph.org.uk - 125429.jpg|Church of St Andrew, Bonby
File:Bonby - geograph.org.uk - 453775.jpg|Former Methodist chapel, Bonby
File:Main Street, Bonby - geograph.org.uk - 794385.jpg|Main Street, Bonby
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External links
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