Brookenby

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.442570|-0.192780|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = Lincolnshire

| official_name = Brookenby

| static_image_name = Brookenby Church.jpg

| static_image_width =

| static_image_caption = Brookenby Church

| population = 665

| population_ref = (2011 census)

| shire_district = West Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = Gainsborough

| civil_parish =

| post_town = Market Rasen

| postcode_district = LN8

| postcode_area = LN

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = TF201954

| london_distance_mi = 130

| london_direction = S

}}

Brookenby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} north-east from Market Rasen. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 742,{{cite web|url=http://www.research-lincs.org.uk/lro/documents_lro/Site_Text/2001_Census/Parish_Profiles/PDF/32UH128.pdf|title=Census results}} falling to 665 at the 2011 census{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121286&c=Brookenby&d=16&e=62&g=6447889&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461494512647&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|accessdate=24 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} but recovering to 705 in the 2021 census.

The village developed around the former RAF station, RAF Binbrook, with most of the population living in the former RAF housing. Since the name of the station came from an existing nearby village, the name 'Brookenby' was chosen in the 1980s when the new village was constituted. The name is believed to be derived from a nearby abandoned or plague village.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}

The former sergeants' mess is now Brookenby Church, part of the Walesby group of parishes. A Trading Estate was developed on the remains of the RAF station in 1998.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}

The consistent 1940s period architecture led to the use of RAF Binbrook for scenes in the 1990 re-make of Memphis Belle.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100133/locations|title=IMDB listing for Memphis Belle 1990|publisher=IMDb}}