Linby

In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) John Marius Wilson described Linby:

{{blockquote|text=LINBY, or LINDEBY, a village and a parish in Basford district, Notts. The village stands adjacent to the Nottingham and Mansfield railway, near the river Leen, 9¼ miles N by W of Nottingham; has a station on the railway, and a post office under Nottingham; and has Likewise two ancient crosses, which were supposed to mark an entrance-boundary of Sherwood forest.—The parish comprises 1,190 acres. Real property, £2,147; of which £25 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 310; in 1861, 257. Houses, 53. The property is not divided. The manor belongs to A. F. W. Montagu, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £280. I Patron, A. F. W. Montagu, Esq. The church was re.cently restored, has a tower, and contains monuments of the Chaworths.{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7525 |title= A Vision of Britain Through Time: Linby |publisher=GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth| website=www.visionofbritain.co.uk|accessdate=18 March 2016}}}}

The local parish church is dedicated to St. Michael and is a Grade II* listed building.{{cite web|url = https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1265318 | publisher = Historic England | website = historicengland.org.uk | title = Church Of St Michael, Linby | accessdate = 20 July 2020 }} Containing a number of features which date to the 13th century, the church has been extended several times, including restorations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.{{cite web|url = https://linby.org.uk/ | publisher = Linby Parish Council | website = linby.org.uk | title = Welcome to Linby Village | accessdate = 20 July 2020 | quote = The church of St Michael is much restored, but dates back to the 13th century }}

There are two crosses in the village. The "Top Cross", a Grade II listed structure, is dated to the 14th century and was restored in the late 19th century.{{cite web|url = https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1227505 | publisher = Historic England | website = historicengland.org.uk | title = Top Cross, Linby | accessdate = 20 July 2020 }} The "Bottom Cross" is inscribed with the date 1663,{{cite web|url = https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1264540 | publisher = Historic England | website = historicengland.org.uk | title = Bottom Cross, Linby | accessdate = 20 July 2020 }} and may have been dedicated to the restoration of King Charles II.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Linby won Nottinghamshire's "best kept village" award in 2013.{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-25462410 | publisher = BBC | website = bbc.com | title = Linby homes plans would 'destroy' village, parish council fears | date = 20 December 2013 | accessdate = 20 July 2020 }}

From 1894 to 1974 the village was part of Basford Rural District. It was then transferred to Gedling Borough. However, a small part of the parish had been transferred to Hucknall Urban District Council in 1935. {{cite web |title=Basford Rural District at Vision of Britain - Relationships / unit history of BASFORD |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp%3Bjsessionid%3D11E94B617085E3072BD84BA886CF9BF8?u_id=10055222 |accessdate=4 April 2023 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015814/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp%3Bjsessionid%3D11E94B617085E3072BD84BA886CF9BF8?u_id=10055222 | archive-date=1 October 2007 }}

Linby is included in the Hidden Valleys area of Nottinghamshire.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The Linby Trail is a 2 km stretch of the National Cycle Route starting at the village and finishing at nearby Newstead Village.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

File:Linby (Leen Valley) Southbound freight passing under the Great Central main line geograph-2294604-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

Three railway lines once passed through Linby, with stations on two of them.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} The first was the Midland Railway (later part of the LMS) line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop, closed to passengers on 12 October 1964 though partly retained as a freight route serving collieries at Annesley.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} In the 1990s this line was reopened to passengers in stages, the section through Linby in 1993, but Linby station did not reopen with it.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The second line was the Great Northern Railway (later part of the LNER) route serving many of the same places as the Midland.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} It closed to passengers on 14 September 1931 but remained in use for freight until 25 March 1968.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} The Linby station on this line had closed long before, on 1 July 1916.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The third line was the Great Central Railway (also later part of the LNER), the last main line ever built from the north of England to London, opened on 15 March 1899.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} The stretch through Linby (which crossed over both the other lines), closed completely on 5 September 1966, but there had never been a Linby station on this line.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The village has a football team, Linby Colliery F.C.{{cite web|url = http://www.nottinghamshirefa.com/news/2018/oct/11/linby-colliery-welfare-fc-to-reveal-new-playing-surface | publisher = Nottinghamshire FA | website = nottinghamshirefa.com | title = Linby Colliery Welfare FC to unveil brand new playing surface at Church Lane | date = 11 October 2018 | accessdate = 20 July 2020 }}

• Listed buildings in Linby

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• [http://linby.org.uk Linby Village website]

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