Keelby

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}

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

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= St.Bartholomew's church, Keelby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 143866.jpg

| static_image_caption= Church of St Batholomew, Keelby

| country = England

| official_name= Keelby

| map_alt=

| coordinates = {{coord|53.571078|-0.247825|display=inline,title}}

| population= 2,092

| population_ref= (2011)

| shire_district= West Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Gainsborough

| post_town= Grimsby

| postcode_district = DN41

| postcode_area= DN

| dial_code= 01469

| os_grid_reference= TA161097

| london_distance_mi= 140

| london_direction= S

}}

Keelby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the A18, {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} west from the seaport of Grimsby and {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} east from the local Humberside Airport, with close access to the A180 to the north, and M180 to the west.

In the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,172, comprising 48.6% males, and 51.4% females. The population at the 2011 census (including Brocklesby) was 2,092.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125074&c=Keelby&d=16&e=62&g=6447891&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461494032959&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|accessdate=24 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

Keelby is listed in the Domesday Book as "Chelebi" or "Chilebi".{{cite web|title=National Archive Domesday Book|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/image/Index/D7314335?isFullDescription=False|accessdate=10 May 2013}} A place name ending in "-by" generally indicates that the town or village was a primary Viking settlement.

Keelby has a tennis court, bowling green, park, primary school, guest house and a war memorial, a Mace and a Spar store, and two public houses, the King's Head and the Nag's Head. Religious sites are the Church of England St Bartholomew's Church and a Methodist chapel.

Keelby once had a village pond situated at the junction of Pelham Crescent and Mill Lane, however this was filled in during the 1950s.

There is a football club with adult and junior teams. The village cricket club, reformed in 1975 after a 10-year break, plays in the Lincolnshire League, the Grimsby Midweek League and the East Lindsey Sunday League. Matches were played on the village green until 2009 before moving to a new multi-purpose sports complex on the edge of the village in 2010.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}

Keelby is within the catchment area of three secondary schools, Healing Comprehensive, Caistor Yarborough, and Caistor Grammar School.

The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi|title = European Severe Weather Database}}