Claxby by Normanby

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

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

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

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= Claxby Church - geograph.org.uk - 141230.jpg

| static_image_alt=

| static_image_caption= St Mary's Church, Claxby

| country = England

| official_name= Claxby

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| coordinates = {{coord|53.438705|-0.327438|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish = Claxby

| population= 221

| population_ref= (2011)

| shire_district= West Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Gainsborough

| post_town= Market Rasen

| postcode_district = LN8

| postcode_area= LN

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= TF112948

| london_distance_mi= 135

| london_direction= S

}}

Claxby, or Claxby by Normanby, is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 221.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122043&c=Claxby&d=16&e=62&g=6447882&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461595755922&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|access-date=25 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} It is situated approximately {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} north from the town of Market Rasen and {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} south from the town of Caistor.

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is a Grade I listed building, built of ironstone, dating from the 13th century {{Cite book |title=The Lincolnshire Village Book |publisher=Countryside Books |year=1990 |isbn=1-85306-077-1 |edition=reprint 1994 |pages=31}} and restored in 1871 by James Fowler of Louth. On the north side of the chancel is a 13th-century tomb of the founder Brayboeuf. On the south side is a tomb erected in 1605 to John Witherwick (died 1595). There are brasses to Fitzwilliams Armiger (died 1634), Jane Burnaby (died 1653), and Mary Monson (died 1638).{{NHLE|num=1359789 |desc=Church of St Mary|access-date= 30 June 2012}} The painting of the Annunciation by Charles Edgar Buckeridge was originally in St Margaret's Church, Burton upon Trent.{{Cite book|title=Parish Church Treasures: The Nation's Greatest Art Collection|last=Goodall|first=John|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2015|isbn=9781472917638}}

St Mary's church is part of the Walesby Group of Parishes which also comprises Brookenby (St Michael and All Angels); Kirmond le Mire (St Martin); Normanby le Wold (St Peter); North Willingham (St Thomas); Stainton le Vale (St Andrew); Tealby (All Saints); Walesby (St Mary) and Walesby Old Church (All Saints).{{cite web|title=Claxby|url=http://lincoln.ourchurchweb.org.uk/walesby/claxby/page1|work=Walesby Group of Parishes|publisher=Our Church Web|access-date=16 July 2011}}

Claxby has a Parish Council consisting of seven Councillors and a Clerk which meets four times per year and maintains its own website.[http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ClaxbyMarketRasen Claxby (Market Rasen) Parish Council], Lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2013