Carlby

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}}

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Carlby is a small village and civil parish{{cite web|url=http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Carlby|title=Civil Parish details}} in the district of South Kesteven in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 542.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121640&c=Carlby&d=16&e=62&g=6447422&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461576760812&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|accessdate=25 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

It is located four miles south of Bourne on the A6121 road near the Lincolnshire/Rutland boundary, which is partly the River West Glen.

The ecclesiastical parish is 'Ryhall with Essendine and Carlby', part of the Rutland Deanery of the Diocese of Peterborough.[http://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/people/benefices.htm Deanery list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927151142/http://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/people/benefices.htm |date=27 September 2011 }}{{cite web |title=Gwash & Glen churches |url=https://www.gwashandglenchurches.org.uk/ |access-date=24 July 2024}} The parish church is dedicated to St Stephen.{{cite book|title=History, gazetteer, and directory, of Lincolnshire, and the city & diocese of Lincoln|first=William|last=White|edition=4|year=1882|page= 232}} The current building dates from 1134.{{cite web|url=http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=348324 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715085226/http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=348324 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=National Monument Record for the church }} It has a medieval wall painting, partially uncovered during restoration work in the 1930s.{{cite book |title=The Lincolnshire Village Book |publisher=Countryside Books |year=1990 |isbn=1 85306 077 1 |edition=reprint 1994 |location=newbury, Berkshire |pages=28}}

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.