Claxby Pluckacre

{{Short description|Hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

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

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

{{Infobox UK place

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| static_image_caption = Hall Farm, Claxby Pluckacre

| country = England

| official_name= Claxby Pluckacre

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| coordinates = {{coord|53.160995|-0.049599|display=inline,title}}

| population=

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| civil_parish = Claxby with Moorby

| shire_district= East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

| post_town= Boston

| postcode_district = PE22

| postcode_area= PE

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| os_grid_reference= TF304644

| london_distance_mi= 115

| london_direction= S

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Claxby Pluckacre is a hamlet in the civil parish of Claxby with Moorby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|5|mi|km}} south-east from the town of Horncastle. In 1971 the parish had a population of 14.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10407825/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Claxby Pluckacre CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 May 2024}} On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Moorby to form "Claxby with Moorby".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/horncastle.html|title=Horncastle Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=31 May 2024}}

Whilst Claxby Pluckacre is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, today it is considered a deserted medieval village with slight earthworks visible between Hall Farm and The Grange.{{cite web|title=Claxby Pluckacre SMV/DMV|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/SHRUNKEN-VILLAGE-OF-CLAXBY-PLUCKACRE/227520.record?pt=S|work=Lincs to the Past|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=26 June 2011}}

Claxby Pluckacre once had a church dedicated to Saint Andrew, which fell down in 1748{{cite web|title=Claxby Pluckacre church registers|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=728556&iid=130226|work=Lincs to the Past|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=23 April 2013}} and was never rebuilt. The last priest was instituted 1660–62.{{cite web|title=Site of St Andrews Church|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/ST-ANDREW-S-CHURCH-SITE-OF/227519.record?pt=S|work=Lincs to the Past|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=26 June 2011}} Whilst nothing remains it can be seen as earthworks.{{PastScape|mname=Claxby Pluckacre DMV|mnumber=354185|accessdate=26 June 2011}}

Each year, in July, there is an annual pilgrimage to the site of St Andrew's Church. The Mareham le Fen Victory Silver Band provides the music for a service which commemorates the over 250 villages and hamlets lost in Lincolnshire over the past four centuries.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}