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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